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A report from the Cadre Harmonise highlights the impending food crisis in Nigeria, affecting approximately 26 million people in Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between June and August 2024. The Cadre Harmonise report is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) […]
Abba Dukawa Sate Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) Project has planted over 2,000 fruit-bearing trees in the Shanono Local Government Area of the state, State Project Coordinator, Dr. Dahiru M Hashim said the tree planting exercise has enormous benefits to the community. Adding that plantation of the economic trees marks a significant step forward […]
On the sidelines of the G77 + China Leaders’ Summit, the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has signed a Memorandum of Agreement on behalf of the Federal Government with Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement. The Expression of Interest (EOI) is a historic journey to strengthen the ties between […]
A total of one hundred and thirty-five thousand bags of fertilizer worth two point three billion naira are being distributed free to farmers in Kebbi State for this rainy season. Each of the two hundred and twenty five wards in the State has been allocated six hundred bags of the commodity for use by farmers […]
The Federal Government has alerted livestock breeders and poultry farmers of the outbreak of anthrax in neighbouring countries. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Ernest Afolabi Ernest indicated that Nigeria was alerted on the outbreak of the zoonotic disease in Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo. The statement, therefore, called […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says Sokoto State has the capacity of generating ₦2 billion monthly revenue from the agricultural sector alone. Chairman, Sokoto State chapter of the association, Alhaji Jamilu Sanusi, while speaking during a courtesy visit to the state governor, Ahmed Aliyu, explained that if properly harnessed through the establishment of […]
House of Representatives-elect Alhaji Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC-Bungudu/Maru) in Zamfara has inaugurated the sale and distribution of subsidised fertilisers to farmers in his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sale and distribution of the fertilisers took place in Bungudu town, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara on Saturday. NAN reports that the […]
Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has approved the release of N100million to the Kebbi State Fishermen Cooperative Union. This is contained in a press statement signed by Hon. Commissioner of Ministry of Animal Health, Husbandry and Fisheries, Aminu Garba Dandiga and made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. According to the […]
Abba Dukawa Kano state project coordinator, of CARES project Rufa’i Halilu, has said the project has spent about N300 million on farm input support components to farmer across state local government area adding that the amount was expended on providing the beneficiaries with solar-powered water pumping machines, power tillers, planters, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, sprayers, and […]
Abba Dukawa Kano state project coordinator, of CARES project Rufa’i Halilu, has said the project has spent about N300 million on farm input support components adding that the amount was expended on providing the beneficiaries with solar-powered water pumping machines, power tillers, planters, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, sprayers, and improved seeds, among others. According to him […]