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The trainings, which were conducted with about 659 trained participants, built the capacities of spray gangs already existing in local communities on the safe use and application of herbicides.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, under whose watch this progress was recorded, has expressed the full commitment of his ministry “towards the development of the agricultural sector.”

Against the backdrop of the fluctuating price of crude palm oil, there is urgent need to adopt Best Management Practice (BMP) at farm level to increase production yield and reduce prices.

The foremost agricultural institute, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State has affirmed its doggedness to addressing Africa’s most pressing challenges...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FARD), in collaboration with Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), has begun free distribution of high yielding...

Despite possessing over 60 per cent of the world’s usable arable land, Africa still faces deficits in production of major food crops from grains, meat, and tubers to fruits and vegetables.

The CAPI system would also enhance transparency and policy coordination in international food market, help prevent unexpected price hikes and strengthen global food security and provide detailed assessment of crops statistics like market prices, stocks and production forecast in the country.

Fifteen thousand maize and soy farmers in Katsina and Kaduna States will benefit from the collaboration between the West African Soy Industries Limited (WASIL) and the Business Innovation Facility (BIF), to enhance maize and soy farmers’ productivity.

On his own part, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) KIFFCO Project, Kefas K. Mayaki, noted that the presence of Aflatoxins in maize has prevented maize grown in Nigeria from been exported to other parts of the globe.

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in collaboration with IITA has launched a research and training farm institute at Ago Owu area in Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state, as part of his administration’s commitment to transform agricultural sector.

Another challenge is irrigation. Before now, the state was low on irrigation infrastructure. The government made it clear that without irrigation we are going nowhere and we cannot afford to farm only once.

The company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Niger State, Upper Niger Basin Development for the cultivation of 7,500 ha of farmland in New Bursa.