Okra attack: NIHORT proffers immediate solution for farmers

Scientists at National Horticultural Research Institute ( NIHORT) have suggested the spray of farms with synthetic insecticide on weekly basis for immediate control of newly detected virus disease devastating okra plants in Nigeria.

FG confirms anthrax disease, allays spread fears

 

The Federal Government ( FG) has confirmed the outbreak of anthrax in Niger state, Nigeria even as measures of control are already in place. 

Emergency on food: Expert advises security needs in rural areas

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 A security expert, Dr. Kabiru Adamu has emphasized on the need for security machinery beef up for rural areas to restore farmers' confidence to go back to farms. 

ARCN set for restructuring- Sharabutu

 

The Executive Secretary (ES),Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has said that the organization is going to be restructured towards the effective achievement of its mandates for food security with wealth creations.

Mix feelings trail Anambra oil palm importation

 

There seems to be diverse opinions on the recently action of Anambra state Government importing palm oil seedlings along with coconut from Malaysia.

Organic Farming: ARCN, other partners call for synergy

The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria ( ARCN) boss, Prof. Garba Sharabutu together with other strategic partners in the organic farming sub sector in Nigeria have advocated the need for a galvanized pally that will enhance food security and more premium to farmers. 

Millions Naira FG Vitamin "A" cassava wasting in SW

The Federal Government ( FG), World Bank project supposedly meant to boost nutritional vitamin A cassava cuttings for edible tubers against year 2023 may have been stalled as millions of these items are already laying waste at the office of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), South West, Ibadan. Food Farm News reveals.

Wheat: Lake Chad ED solicits FG, States/Local Govt support, commends FMAN

The Executive Director (ED) Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) Prof. Baba Gana Kirba has called upon the three tiers of Government to ensure the transfer of new improved wheat varieties recently approved by the National Varietal Release Committee ( NVRC)get into the hands of farmers in all the cultivating states of the federation, just as he commended the support of Flour Millings Association of Nigeria (FMAN) towards the crop productivity.

Cocoa: FG approves plan, stakeholders set for commission bill

The Federal ExecutiveCouncil  (FEC) under the former President Mohamadu Buhari has approved a ten (10) year plan for the development of cocoa production in such a way to reflect what is obtainable in other neighboring countries. Meanwhile a proposal has also been put in place by the stakeholders for a bill that will see to the extablishment of a cocoa commission in Nigeria.

Agric staff asks Tinubu technocrat as minister

The staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has demanded that the next minister of Agriculture must be a person of an indepth knowledge about the sector.