Farmers under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase One (ATASP-1) in Adani-Omor Staple Crops Processing Zone have hailed the Federal Government for the recent approval of a 75 per cent subsidy on agro-inputs. The 75 per cent subsidy on agro-inputs for ATASP-1 farmers is under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP) of President…

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has urged governments at all levels to make tangible investments and provide adequate support for young farmers to boost food production in the country. The organisation warned that Nigeria's food security remains elusive due to insufficient support for farmers. Chief Executive Officer, IITA Youth in Agribusiness Office, Aline…

No fewer than 200 local farmers from Dutsinma and Matazu local government areas in Katsina State have completed a comprehensive rice farming training program aimed at boosting productivity. The training, held at the Katsina Old Government House Banquet Hall, was facilitated by the SAEMAUL Foundation of South Korea as part of a five-year, $5 million…

No fewer than 50,000 smallholder farmers from Kano and Kaduna states are to benefit from a productivity enhancement initiative being powered by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to boost food production and reduce economic losses in the country. The farmers, carefully selected under the DEcent LIVelihoods initiative of the DELIVER Nigeria project, will…

200 farmers in Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River, will receive a loan of N1 million each, to cultivate high yielding and disease resistant maize variety. Mr. Johnson Ebokpo, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, made the disclosure at a land preparation activity in Odukpani on Thursday. Ebokpo said that the gesture was part…

President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the people and Government of Zamfara State over recent floods in Gummi Local Government Area and the death of over 40 farmers in a boat accident on their way to their farms at the weekend. President Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo…

The Ogun government on Wednesday empowered more than 160 women farmers with 480 chickens and 2,160 garden seedlings to boost food production across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Bolu Owotomo, oversaw the commencement of the distribution of chickens and seedlings in Abeokuta. Owotomo, while speaking during the event, said…

The Federal Government has launched an ambitious agricultural initiative, "Project Earn From The Soil," targeting over 500,000 smallholder farmers, fisherfolk, agribusinesses, and coastal communities in the South-South region. The project was spearheaded by President Bola Tinubu’s aide on Community Engagement for the South-South region Gift Johnbull. Speaking at the flag-off of the agricultural initiative, which…

Stakeholders in the insurance industry have advocated life insurance policies for farmers to address the menace of food shortage in the country

The Zamfara Government on Monday commenced the free distribution of 6,200 bags of fertilizer to farmers in Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi Local Government Areas in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Dauda Lawal had recently inaugurated the distribution of 135 trucks of fertilizer across the state. Speaking at the distribution…

Nigeria would be eliciting the support of the United Nations and other donor agencies to raise $150 million to mitigate the devastating impact of the farmers-herders clashes in the country. The issue would also form the fulcrum of Nigeria's position at the forthcoming Climate Change conference in Azerbaijan later in the year. The Deputy Chairman…

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with Fadama N-CARES and Bago CARES, has flagged off the 2024 agricultural inputs and assets distribution to farmers across the 25 council areas of Niger State under the N-CARES, Result Area 2 scheme.