The Kwara State government is to recruit at least 300 extension agents for wet season farming in the state. The state’s commissioner for agriculture and rural development, Mrs Oloruntoyosi Thomas, announced this during a training programme for 22 extension agents in the state. The training was organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, through the Department of Agricultural Extension Services …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and country at large. Speaking during the onboarding Programme for the empowerment of the farmers at the NDDC Headquarters in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director (MD), Dr Samuel …

Group Managing Director of Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan has emphasised the critical need for policy coherence to enhance market access and build resilient food systems in Nigeria. He stated this at the recently concluded Agriconnect Summit 2024, held at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The summit, themed, ‘Bridging the Divide: Fostering Collaboration and Innovation …

Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has commissioned 33 new tractors and disbursed N380 million ($250,000) cheques to community interest groups to undertake climate-smart agricultural activities under the Community Revolving Fund (CRF) scheme of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) scheme. The governor, who has already paid the state counterpart funds of N1 billion for the ACReSAL programme, reaffirmed …

Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sabi Abdullahi, has said implementation of the National Dairy Policy will save $1.5 billion spent annually on milk importation. The minister, who spoke on this year’s World Milk Day, noted the Federal Government would galvanise stakeholders to implement the policy to boost food production. Addressing reporters in Abuja, Abdullahi noted the challenges …

With an estimated 10,000 cows slaughtered in Lagos State daily, constant re-evaluation of standards and improved quality control measures have become critical in order to safeguard the health of consumers of red meat in the mega city. Hitherto, players in the red meat value-chain conducted their businesses under unhygienic conditions until the building of Oko-Oba, Agege abattoir in 1992, and and the introduction of …

The Federal Government, on Friday, announced the distribution of farm inputs to 1,000 farmers in Lagos and Nasarawa states to boost food production in the states It said the move was in line with ongoing efforts to ensure the availability of staple foods for Nigerians, adding that it would assist farmers across the country to maximise crop cultivation for improved …

The Federal Government, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and World Bank have agreed to collaborate on innovative agricultural practices to combat food insecurity in Nigeria and the wider sub-Saharan African region. This came out of a high-level meeting at the Presidential Villa between Vice President Kashim Shettima and a delegation from the IITA, World Bank, and the International …

Nigeria exported cocoa and cocoa preparations worth N358 billion in 2023. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari, who made this known, said that the N358 billion realised in cocoa exports was the highest agricultural contributor to Nigeria’s gross domestic products for the period. Data from the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade indicated that this represents …

The Enugu State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on Nigeria’s anticorruption agencies to investigate the agriculture partnership agreement recently signed between the Enugu State Government and Pragmatic Farms Limited alleging that the transaction might be a conduit to siphon the resources of the state. In a statement by its Chairman, Comrade Casmir Uchenna Agbo; and Publicity Secretary, …