Anthrax disease: NAIC sympathizes with farmers

The Nigerians Agricultural Insurance Corporation ( NAIC) leadership has expressed her sympathy to livestock farmers who are recently affected by the Anthrax disease in the country.

Agric commodity Associations condemn character assassination

*Hails Tinubu's Forex policy

 * Counts achievement 

 The leadership, Federation of Commodity Associations of Nigeria ( FACAN) have asked the members of the public to disregard few individuals going about parading themselves as the new leaders just as they hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu exchange policy on agricultural economy. 

Food Safety: Stakeholders demand pesticide policy, more budget for organic inputs

 The agricultural stakeholders have asked the Federal Government (FG) to speed up policy on pesticide control on crop production just as they wanted more budget funding for organic inputs towards healthy foods for consumption and export.

Editorial: Can we take stock of Agric expenditure?

No doubt by all global standard, our expenditure may have seemed far below 10 percent of our annual total budget  to Agriculture as being stipulated in Mabuto/Malabo declaration by African Head of States in 2014.

60,000 Northern farmers benefit in FG- ATAPS-1 inputs subsidy

 

The Federal Government (FG) has commenced the electronic distribution of subsidized agricultural inputs to 600,000 farmers in five different states of the north, under the supervision and funding by the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Program Phase One (ATASP-1). 

Food Security: Tinubu, AFAN leader speak on way forward

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled plans to ameliorate the pains of Nigerians with food availability through immediate and short term actions just as the leader of All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) Architect Kabir Ibrahim posited that Nigeria solution to food security must be looked from a bigger picture of productivity beyond Nigeria.

Nigeria, Bangladesh pally on agribusiness, says Agric PS

The Permanent Secretary(PS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr. Ernest Umakhihe has expressed the nation's readiness to collaborate with the Government of Bangladesh in agro- processing to enhance food sufficiency and job creations. 

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

* Full President's speech

 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.