AFDB President, farmer’s slate for honor at Nigeria conference on SARD-SC wheat project

African Development Bank (AFDB) President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina

Between 27^th February- 2^nd March, 2017, Nigeria wheat value chain under the implementation and coordination of Lake Chad Research Institute( LCRI) in collaboration with ICARDA will give award to the African Development Bank (AFDB) President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina and some other farmers just as  achievements towards  import substitution of $4 billion annually will be show case to the cross section of the 12 participating African countries in the Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) in Africa.

FG, other partners ready to mainstream NAIP to CAADP-Malabo declaration compliance

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Rural development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Government through her Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and other stakeholders in collaboration with other international organizations will between 22^nd-24 February, 2017 brainstorm on appropriation of National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) of the Nigeria  following guidelines of  CAAP- African Union (AU) Malabo Declaration on Agriculture and post harvest losses.

SAA 2000 AGENDA PUTS NIGERIA`S FOOD PRODUCTION AND AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES ON THE INCREASE

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SAA Global 2000’s partnership with rural farmers and cooperative groups who are into rice, wheat, maize and cassava farming in Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, Cross River and Benue have been recording increased crop production from 1-2tons P/H to 4-2 P/H and singled out Cross River State where 5-8 tons of rice production was recorded as against 2-3 tons per H/A towards achieving its mission to eradicate hunger on the face of Africa realistic.

KANO TRAINS 660 YOUTH AND WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

The Kano State Commercial Agriculture Development Project under its Capacity Building and Empowerment Program recently trained 660 women and youth in Poultry, Dairy, Fisheries, Rice and Maize.

The 16-days Training program which took place at Audu Bako College of Agriculture Danbatta focused on the training of farmers and there after assist them to develop their capacities to plan and execute investment plans.

‘When we import rice, maize and sugar, we are basically creating jobs in other countries …’

President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Chief Kanayo Nwanze

President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Chief Kanayo Nwanze on the Channel TV Sunrise programme speaks on many issues affecting agricultural development in Africa and Nigeria saying policy inconsistency, dilapidated infrastructures and many others are major cause of the unemployment challenges.Excerpts…

Conservation agriculture cannot always be a win-win situation

Conservation agriculture

Conservation agriculture (CA) according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations is “a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production that strives to achieve acceptable profits together with high and sustained production levels while concurrently conserving the environment”
Agriculture according to the New Standard Encyclopedia is “one of the most important sectors in the economies of most nations” (New Standard 1992).

Non availability of disaster fund hinders bird flu compensation

Chief Audu Ogbeh

*Minister to write Governors, insists on solution, farmers demand compensation without border

* Farmers demand compensation without border

*Disagreement of farmers’ registration

The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh has disclosed that non availability of agriculture disaster fund has been the reason why the ministry could not fulfill all the outstanding payments of 2015-2016 that was promised to poultry farmers who suffered losses as a result of an outbreak of Avian Influenza popularly known as Birds flu within this period.

CEREAL CROP PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA – PROSPECT AND CHALLENGES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE ROLES OF GOVERNMENT, WOMEN AND YOUTH – A PAPER PRESENTED BY DR. TUNDE AROSANYIN

CEREAL CROP

THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF ZERO HUNGER COMMODITY ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA IN OUAGADOUGOU, BARKINA FASO AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

 cereal crops are grains usually cultivated farm land for food, cash and livestock feed. In Nigeria, major cereal crops cultivated are Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Millet and Wheat. The country is endowed with a land mass of 923,000m sq km of which 45% is arable for cereal, tree crop and tuber crop farming. Other climatic features such as annual rainfall are average of 1,150mm; 8 hours sunshine per day, humidity and temperature of 21⁰c were very favorable to cereal production.

GMO:NBMA will not Compromise Safety, counter opinions disagree, call for national debate

Dr. Rufus E. Ebegba

Dr. Rufus E. Ebegba, Director General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has said that the responsibility of the Agency is to safe guard the health of Nigerians in the practice of modern biotechnology and the use of genetically modified organisms.

Simple motorized weeders demonstrate the imperatives of cassava mechanization

IITA modified simple motorized weeders being used on a cassava field in Ibadan

Gasoline powered simple weeders adapted for weeding in cassava farms hold promise and may take off the burden of weeding faced by small-scale farmers in Africa.