Anchor borrowers: How BVN sold farmers away

The introduction of Biometric Verification Number ( BVN) is no doubt a technology deployed by Federal Government (FG)to  ensure identifying and verifying all individuals that have account(s) in any Nigerian bank, and consequently a means of authenticating customer’s identity at the point of transactions.

Oil Palm president asks new Minister to harness potential in tree crops

The National President, Oil Palm Producers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria, Comrade Alphonsus Inyang has called on the new Agric Minister, Dr. Mohammed Abubakar to prioritize the development of tree crops based on their potentials to create jobs and wealth for the nation.

New Agric Minister promises total transformation

* Nanono advises on challenges

The new minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammed Abubakar has assured Nigerians of a total transformation of the sector with proactive policies across the value chains to ensure food security. 

Images speak @ the handing over from the out going Agric Minister Sabo Nanono to the newly appointed Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mohmood Abubakar, held at the ministers conference room Abuja

 

Images speak @ the handing over from the out going Agric Minister Sabo Nanono to the  newly appointed Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mohmood Abubakar, held at the ministers conference room Abuja.

Stakeholders advocate quality concentrate for fruit Juice

      

*Osun records 70% wastages

Major fruit producers in the country have emphasized the need for quality concentrate for juice production starting with farmers through the timely effective supply of inputs support by the government.

Meet AfDB president, Agro dealers tell new Agric Minister

The national president of the Nigeria Agro Input Dealers Association (NAIDA), Alhaji Kabiru Fara has advised the new minister of Agriculture Dr. Mohammad Mohmood Abubakar, to seek the opinion of the current President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina on how to quickly put back on track the failing food system in the country using the template of Growth Enhancement Support (GES) of inputs distribution to farmers.

AATF, IAR train Nigerian seed certification officers

About twenty (20) certification officers with 15 technical staff of private seeds companies have been subjected to training on production, sampling techniques and certification of seeds productivity in Nigeria.

Images speak @ the meeting with officials of the FMITI and critical stakeholders in the fruit and fruit juice industry in Nigeria, held in Abuja

 Images speak @ the meeting with officials of the FMITI  and critical stakeholders in the fruit and fruit juice industry in Nigeria,  held in Abuja.

Agric Staff commend Minister’s Sack for Incompetency

*AFAN wishes new minister well

The staff members of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) have hailed the sacking of the former Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono for his incompetency to achieve the food sufficiency and security dream of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as being promised to the Nigerian people.

Science, not fear, will drive Ghana’s decision on its first GMO crop, regulators vow

 

Ghana’s government says science, not fear-mongering will guide its decision on whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) crop.