Tag: Agriculture

Foreign commercial and Economic Attractiveness Minister Olivier Becht stated that the French government is keen in expanding commercial ties with Nigeria in the area of agricultural exports. Becht made this…

Tunji Wusu – Ondo State Government denied selling a cocoa plantation and evicting farmers from their farmlands in Ilua Community, Ondo West Local Government Area, on Monday. Farmers in the…

By Tunji Wusu – To increase food production, the Ebonyi State Government has vowed to deploy mechanized farming in the state’s grassroots areas. Mrs. Nkechinyere Iyioku, the Commissioner for Agriculture,…

Stakeholders at SeedConnect Africa have developed ways to deal with the numerous issues limiting the expansion of Nigeria’s seed system. The Nigerian Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) hosts SeedConnect Africa, an…

Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State has called for deliberate empowerment of Nigerian youths and easy access to capitals to enable them to focus keenly on agriculture. He bemoaned…

Stephen Godonu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is in a closed-door meeting with a delegation of leaders from Borno and Yobe states in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation,…

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branches are divided over whether to accept the Federal Government’s offer and call off their eight-month-old strike. The union will harmonise the positions of…

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has , urged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest more in agriculture, particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain, which will reduce Africa’s $50…