Dogara visits: Premier Seeds MD pleaded FG payment against retrenchment

National Assembly House of Representative Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and The Managing Director, Premier Seeds Nigeria Limited, Prof. Oyediji Ogungbile

The Managing Director, Premier Seeds Nigeria Limited, Prof. Oyediji Ogungbile had during the National Assembly House of Representative Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara’ s visit to the premises at Zaria pleaded to the Federal Government to pay some of the debt  outstanding of the company so as to avert the sacking of  workers .

Buhari appointed MD arrived BOA for N500 capitalization

Head, Corporate planning Department BOA, Mr. Auta Jamaka

The New Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture (BOA) Dr. Kabiru Mohammed has officially took over the management leadership of the bank last week Thursday, and this is towards ensuring the N500 billion recapitalization meant to address credit challenges to both small and large scale farmers for the actualization of the new green revolution policy of President Mohammudu Buhari.

FG domesticates Malabo declaration

Delegates of the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) formulation pose for a group photo

The Federal Government has, in line with the ‘Green Alternative’ policy, started the domestication of ‘Malabo Declaration’ in the agricultural sector.

An outlook performance of SAA2000 for 25 years in Nigeria

Sasakawa African Association in Africa (SAA2000)

A cake was cut to celebrate the 30 years of existence of Sasakawa African Association in Africa (SAA2000) and 25^th in Nigeria, and this brought to the fore the impact it has made in Nigeria agricultural technologies transfer from the Research Institutes to farmers and processors in the last 25 years especially when the country’s ADPs extension services is almost gone extinct, at the departure of the world bank assisted programme.

CBN to restructure BOA for preparatory to recapitalization

Chief Audu Ogbeh

*Apex bank to inject N500 billion

A team of officials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may be soon be deployed to Bank of Agriculture (BOA) for thorough over hauling and repositioning of the organization before the handing over of about N500 billion as recapitalization fund.

Ag. President intervenes in Poultry challenges

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

The Poultry Association of Nigeria last week met with Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on the need to speedily intervene in the challenges of the chicken production with payment of compensation to its members affected by the avian influenza outbreak of 2015.

IAR renames cropping scheme, holds annual meeting March 28th-30

Executive Director of the institute, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar

The Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru, ABU, Zaria has changed the popularly known Cropping Scheme to Annual Research Review and Planning Meeting, and this year’s maiden edition under this new name will come up between March 28^th-30 while the Zonal REFILs follows immediately.

SARD-SC project: Can Africa be sufficient in wheat production?

Wheat

Between 27^th February -2nd March, African countries in Sub- Saharan of West Africa participating in the wheat production under the Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) came together under the coordination of ICARDA to take a stock of impact of the wheat project towards ensuring food security and checkmating annual import bill of 50 billion dollar annually in Africa with Nigeria alone spending 4 billion.

Senate queries FMARD on budget performance, demands answer to fifty questions.

Sen. BUKOLA ABUBAKAR SARAKI

* Perm Sec transferred, allegedly for incompetence

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) management team under the leadership of the Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh was tongue-lashed by the senate committee on agriculture with many questions on why the ministry has refused to spend 2016 appropriation to ensuring agricultural production to the benefit of small scales farmers. 

Survey Finds Most Tanzanians Go Hungry, Despite Government Denials

Tanzanian President John Magufuli

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has accused opposition politicians of fomenting a "fake" hunger crisis

Most Tanzanians have experienced hunger in the past three months, with food shortages most severe in drought-hit rural areas, a countrywide survey found, despite government denials of a food crisis.