Rice farmers re-count losses, ask CBN for loan relief

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Rice farmers have appealed to the Government to write off the loans given to them because of the flood that wiped away 70% of their produce for the year 2018 while another one be given for 2019 planting season. The request was made by the National Deputy Secretary, Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Alhaji IIiyasu Awodi at the 4^th Nigerian Rice Forum held in Abuja, recently.

Minister vouches support for BT hybrid cotton

·       Association lauds effort

Minister vouches support for BT hybrid cotton

The Science and Technology Minister, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the two recently released biotechnology transgenic hybrid cottons had been well tested with no negative health implication on human beings, asking critics to always provide scientific evidence for any negative opinion just as the National President of Cotton Association commended the government’s effort to ensuring approval of the new varieties for commercialization to the economic use of farmers.

Agric forum tasks government on strategic subsidy

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has said agriculture in Nigeria needs to be strategically subsidized for food security to be achieved.

FG raises alarm over $650m cassava product import bill

FG raises alarm over $650m cassava product import bill

The Federal Government has raised alarm over spending of $650 million on the importation of cassava end products annually.

Poultry farmers’ boss confirms FG’s compensation to farrmes

National President of the Association Dr. Onallo Akpa

The president of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN)Dr. Onallo Akpa has confirmed that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made the payment of N2.4billion as compensation to poultry farmers who suffered losses from Avian Influenza across the country over the last four years. He made this statement during the just concluded maiden summit of the Agriculture Correspondents Association of Nigeria [ACAN] in Abuja.

Traders group advocates budget hike for agric

NANT President Berr.Ken Ukaoha- Traders

National Association of Nigerian Traders [NANTS] has once again called for increased budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector in Nigeria’s quest to attaining food security and zero hunger by 2030.

Forum warns of harmful effects of herbicides on environment

 

Dr. Rose Suniso Maxwell Gidado is the Assistant Director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Department at the National Biotechnology Development Agency

Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology [OFAB] has warned of the harmful effects of application of herbicides and pesticides to the environment. Coordinator, OFAB, Nigeria Chapter,Dr. Rose Gidado gave the warning at an event in Abuja.   

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.