‘Nigeria Loses N2trn Annually From Shipping Business, Fisheries’

Cat Fish

With a coastal stretch of about 900km, Nigeria is one of the countries in the world blessed with immeasurable marine and aquatic resources.

CBN Disburses N16.4bn to Farmers

Farmers

The Central Bank of Nigeria has so far given out N16.4 billion to 78,000 farmers. This disbursement was done through its recently launched Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme.

Africa Makes Great Strides Towards Zero Hunger, Despite Hurdles-FAO

FAO

The Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva  said Africa has made great strides in tackling hunger – and achieving a 30 percent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger over the 1990-2015 period.

Oyo State Embraces Farming To Stave Off Economic Crisis

Tomato Farm

As a result of the persisting economic woes facing the country, the Oyo State Government has decided to diversify its economy into farming and mining with a view to improving the financial status of the state.

KWSG Plans 5,000 hectares for

grazing reserves.

In a bid to reduce the indiscriminate grazing by cattle, Kwara State Government plans to earmark 5,000 ha of land for grazing reserves.

National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation develops `Garri' Frying Machine

garri’ frying machine ’

The National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) had developed a `garri’ frying machine called `NCAM Mechanical Cassava Fryer’ to aid cassava farmers enhance their production.

Stakeholders Call For Repositioning Of Nigerian Commodity Exchange

market view

In order for the country to fully diversify into the agriculture sector and boost revenue in the non-oil sector, stakeholders have called for the repositioning of the Nigerian Commodity Exchange (NCX).

Agriculture Road-map To Exponentially Grow GDP- Minister

Chief Audu Ogbe

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has said that some of the key objectives of the Agriculture road-map includes increasing the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Introducing the Food Rescue Locator

While there are several large databases and directories for food banks, community dining rooms, food pantries and the like, there is no large database or directory for food rescue groups.

While there are several large databases and directories for food banks, community dining rooms, food pantries and the like, there is no large database or directory for food rescue groups.

NiMet predicts low rainfall as Agric, Water meets on irrigation farming

Agric Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Director General/CEO, NIMet, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi & the Mc at the 2016 SRP

The Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMet)’s Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) official released for 2016 has indicated shorter rainfall as both Agriculture and Water Resources Ministries would meet on using irrigation modalities to checkmate vagaries of climate change based on expert’s advice from Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR).