Contractors threaten to drag ministry before anti-graft agency

Contractors threaten to drag ministry before anti-graft agency

Contractors who executed the year 2017 appropriated capital projects towards food security may have concluded plans to take the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to any of the anti-graft agencies for investigations into why their monies for jobs completed since have not been paid. A source close to the affected contractors told Food Farm News.

Fertilizer application without soil test threatens food security, warns Prof Chude

The National President, Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN), Prof. Victor Chude

The immediate past President of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, and Registrar of the Nigerian Institute of Soil Science, Prof. Victor Chude, has warned that Nigeria risked not attaining food security as long as her citizenry continued to treat the soil with levity and unless the mode of application of fertilizer to crops was changed, the country would continue producing below quantity needed for self-sufficiency.He said this at the maiden summit of the Agriculture Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ACAN), held in Abuja, recently.

Report reveals massive pension fund investment in farmland

Report reveals massive pension fund investment in farmland

Money from pension funds has fueled a massive investment in farmland over the past decade, with negative consequences for rural communities.

World meat production to reach record high in 2018, FAO

World meat production to reach record high in 2018, FAO

The world is projected to produce a record 335 million tons of meat in 2018, according to the latest Food Outlook published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

River Basin Development Authorities will boost Agric production, Says Minister

Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu

As a part of efforts of the Federal Government to boost food production across the country, using an all year round farming method, the Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu during the weekend disclosed that the ministry has revitalized the River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) for efficiency, while recounting the achievements of the ministry in the past three and half years,

We will make mechanization, tractor hiring work- Agric. Minister

·       NAMEL signs MOU with TOHFAN, TOOAN

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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief AuduOgbeh has said that government was determined to ensure efficient working of mechanization and availability of tractors for hiring in rural areas so as to remove drudgery in  farming.

Minister asks farmers to claim BOA ownership

·       Says banks agree on 9% single digit

Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh

The minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh has implored Nigerian farmers to purchase shares in the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) as the process to conclude the reform and repositioning of the financial institution which would commence before Christmas of 2018.

Gender Plan to transform women to commercial farmers, says minister- By Seun Ayeni

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said that the objectives of the National Gender Action plan was to build the capacities of women farmers to transit from subsistence farming to medium/large scale farming. He made the remark at the launching of the National Gender Action Plan (NGAP) for Agriculture in Abuja, recently.

EPO revokes patent on conventionally bred “severed broccoli”

EPO revokes patent on conventionally bred “severed broccoli”

The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked a controversial patent on conventionally bred broccoli. This is a great success for “No Patents on Seeds!”, a broad coalition of civil society organizations, which had filed an opposition to the patent.

FG to enforce seed laws, deter fraudsters, says minister

·      * It is Illegal to produce, sell seeds without accreditation-Seed Council

Chief Audu Ogbeh- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has promised that  the government would strengthen Nigerian Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) to enforce the seed laws and continue to deter those defrauding farmers through the sale of low quality seeds.  He made the promise at the council’s annual National Seeds Fair and Farmers Field Day held at Sheda, near Abuja.