Tractorization: How FMARD squanders N5.5B without result

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has been pinned responsible for the wastages of N5.5 billion being an approval by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) for procurement of tractors and other simple equipment under the private sector proposal initiative presented to him by the ministry.

WFP PRESS RELEASE- MIILLIONS AT RISK OF CATASTROPHE AS CONFLICT DRIVES HUNGER IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA

 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to 2.1 million people affected by conflict and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. 

NEPC ex director advocates stronger Associations for produce certifications

A former director, National Export Promotion Council ( NEPC) Chief Williams Ezeagu has advanced that commodity Associations should be well supported to be strong enough to ensure standard certification of all agricultural produce in Nigeria.

Senate indicts Agric bank on N3.2 billions loan

 

Senate Committee on Public Account headed by Sen. Mathew Uhroghide has ordered Bank of Agriculture (BOA) to return the sum of N3.2 billions meant for tractors and other equipment procurement  in 2015 by ten (10) vendors. 

NCAM director distances not supporting the new ED

The director of Engineering, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) Engr. Ademiluyi  Yinka Segun has dissociated himself from a news going round that he didn't believe in the selection process of the new substantive Executive Director (ED) recently approved by the Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria. 

Potato farmers honour Food Farm News Publisher, Minister, RMRDC DG, others merit award

 

The Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) yesterday gave first ever merit awards of excellence performance to prominent Nigerians among are the publisher, Foodfarmnews, Mr. Ayeni Oladehinde, the Minister of Agriculture, state, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri, and Director General (DG) Raw Material Research Development Council ( RMRDC) Prof.Ibrahim Hussaini Doko.

AI and Agriculture challenges

Artificial Intelligence (AI), a problem solving technology that has a potential to revolutionize the Agricultural industry by providing solutions to various challenges facing farmers. 

FG makes NCAM acting ED substantive

 

The Federal Government (FG) through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development  has appointed Engr. (Dr) Kamal Abdulgafar Rasheed as the new substantive Executive Director (ED)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM),  Ilorin, Kwara state. 

REFILS verdict blames SW Governments on non agric performance

* Condemns cashew wastages 

The recently held 34th Annual South West, Zonal Research Extension Farmers Inputs Linkage System (REFILS) has apportioned the non development of Agriculture in the region to Government deliberate non release of approved budgets for extension activities towards increased food production using the best practices.

IAR&T hosts a low key agricultural REFILS

The Institute of Agricultural Research And Training (IAR&T) tomorrow 3rd, April 2023 will be hosting researchers and extension officers from the Western states of Nigeria to research review and performance through technologies off take on farming activities in the region in a very low key way.