Farmers
21 Sep 2023
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has engaged no fewer than 967,000 farmers as part of efforts to enhance food production in Nigeria.
20 Aug 2023
Bloody clashes between farmers and herdsmen are primarily caused by the influx of foreign herders, the absence of grazing routes, cattle rustlings and the marginalisation of Fulani herdsmen in the political affairs of their host communities.
17 Jul 2023
Coordinator of the Organic Agricultural Development Culture and Practice Pilot Programme, Martin N. Ihesie, has called on Federal Government to urgently look inwards and assess the effects of the continued use of chemical fertiliser and others by farmers.
9 Jul 2023
As the new pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called Petrol, continues to affect all strata of the economy, the agriculture sector has also been badly hit, as farmers and sector players have continued to groan unabatedly.
9 Jul 2023
The Central and West Africa Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) and National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike hub, Abia State, have commenced collaboration with farmers, to curtail the spread of Cassava viral diseases – Cassava mosaic and Cassava brown streak diseases.
9 Jul 2023
A total of 100,000 farmers have been trained by Nestle Nigeria, in the last one year, just as the firm has commenced sourcing of its raw materials locally.
12 Jun 2023
The high cost of transportation has been identified as one of the major factors contributing to the rising cost of food crops and other farm produce across the country.
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The Kaduna State House of Assembly Ad-Hoc Committee has set up a committee to investigate the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The committee, established during the Assembly's sitting on April 16th, has requested a comprehensive set of documents from the state commissioner of finance. The probe will include details of all loans acquired during…
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The Rivers Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He is the second commissioner to resign from the cabinet on Wednesday after Gov. Siminialaye Fubara, announced a slight cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. The first to resign was Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In the cabinet reshuffle, the governor…
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