Agriculture

JUST IN: Nigeria, Cuba Partner To Advance Food Security, Agriculture

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 […]

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Kebbi Gov’t Distributes Free Fertilizer Worth ₦2.3 Billion To Farmers

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 […]

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FG Alerts Livestock Breeders, Poultry Farmers On Outbreak Of Anthrax

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 […]

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Sokoto Can Generate ₦2bn Monthly From Agriculture – AFAN

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 […]

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Zamfara Lawmaker Subsidises Fertiliser For Farmers By ₦8,000 Per Bag

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 […]

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Gov Bagudu Approves N100m To Boost Fish Farming

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 […]

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Kano CARES Project Will Boost Agriculture

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 […]

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Kano Farmers Say World Bank Project Will Boost Agriculture

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 […]

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FG Empowers Smallholder Farmers With Agricultural Inputs, Others

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has flagged-off the Roll out / Distribution of Agricultural inputs to Smallholder Farmers in Kaduna State stating that it would open up investment opportunities, create jobs for stakeholders and facilitate increased production as well as food and nutrition security. In a statement issued by […]

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Over 8,000 Farmers To Benefit From NG-Cares Loan In Kebbi

More than eight thousand small-scale farmers drawn from all the twenty-one local government areas of Kebbi State have been shortlisted to enjoy the Fadama component of the NG-Cares programme. From a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to Kebbi State Governor, Yahaya Sarki, a copy of which was made available to the Spectacles […]