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Lagos strategically positioned for agric investments –…
Lagos State has further widened its arms to investors in agriculture, as Gbolahan Lawal, the state commissioner for…
NGO, Edo government to cultivate 3,000 acres cassava…
Edo State government and a non-governmental organisation have put modalities in place to establish 3,000 acres of…
FG to create 3.5m jobs through agriculture by 2015
The Federal Government on Monday reiterated its commitment to create 3.5 million jobs through the agricultural…
FG set to add value in agric through equipment hiring…
The Federal Government is set to sustain efforts on value addition in its agricultural products through…
FG to pump N10bn into cassava bread programme
The Federal Government says it will invest about N10 billion to strengthen various organs that will scale up the…
Stakeholders call for rice council to draft policies
Stakeholders at a roundtable in Abuja have called for a rice federation or a rice council that will regulate and…
Family farming key to meeting food security challenges
The importance of family farming cannot be underestimated. For instance, the rural family production of poultry in…
CBN links positive inflationary rate to agric…
For the first time since 2008, the inflationary rate in Nigeria has come down to 7.8 percent from 8 percent,…
FG warns against chemical fertiliser
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has alerted the public on the danger inherent in the use of chemical…
South-south states prioritise agricultural sector
As part of strategies to develop the South- south geo-political zone’s economy beyond oil under the BRACED…
Dairy output to rise to 1.1m metric tons by 2015
Akinwumi Adesina, the minister of agriculture and rural development, said government would increase the national…
Nigeria not under threat of hunger, says agric minister
Akinwunmi Adesina, the minister of agriculture, said on Thursday in Abuja that the country was producing enough…