Northerners need a farming inclined president for 2027, says former SGF Scribe

 

The former Secretary to the Government of Federation ( SGF) during Muhammadu Buhari's administration,  Mr. Lawal Babachir has said the next president must come from the North so as to make agro inputs more available for farmers. 

Agriculture: State of Emergency, a mere noise say stakeholders

* Minister states achievement 

The state of emergency declared on Agriculture about a year ago by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( BAT) has received serious batching for not being able to check challenges inherited from the past administrations as promised. Although the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) Sen. Abubakar Kyari was on the contrary while reeling out the FG achievements as regards the sector.

GMOs probe, official says farmers are aware

 

As effort to probe already released Genetically Modified ( GM) crops' improved varieties into Nigerian markets by the lower chamber of the National Assembly is ongoing, the Director,  Agricultural Biotechnology Agency,  Dr. Rose Gidado has posited high farmers' awareness of the new improved technology especially in cotton, cowpea and maize.

2023-24 research report shows wheat production plummet

 

The well publicized dry season farming for the  year 2023-24 wheat production in the Northern states, Nigeria has reflected a declined yield in view of better improved varieties employed by the Federal Government ( FG) for the cultivations.

African leaders reinforce fertilizer, soil management...

 * Say Africa loses US$4B yearly...

H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the AU Commission 

The recently concluded Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit in Nairobi, Kenya has declared strong support for increased sustainable soil management with more patronage to locally produced fertilizers, just as it was observed that the continent losses US$4 billion yearly on soil degradation.

2024 African Fertilizer Summit, Nigeria yet to meet 50kg resolution

 

As the second leg of the African Fertilizers Summit will be rounding up today in Nairobi, Kenya, Nigeria the first host country in 2006 may have been perceived as being a failure to not meeting up with the 50kg per hectare fertilizer resolution.

New Extension Policy will enhance commercial agriculture

The new Nigerian agricultural extension policy by the Federal Government ( FG) has set to promote small scale farming to commercial agriculture.

2024 Cropping/ REFILS raise issues on funding, irrigation, best agronomy of Sunflowers

The recently concluded Northern states Annual Cropping/Research Extension & Farmers Inputs Linkage System ( REFILS) have expressed concerns over research inadequacy funding with a huge gap between improved technologies and the end users, just as need for more irrigated farm lands, climate smart agricultural with intensification of best agronomics practice for crops like sunflowers were among the major points of discussion at the Institute of Agricultural Research ( IAR), Samara, Zaria.

What is regenerative agriculture? Farmers, experts share the keys to biodiversity

Farmers are stewards of everything from soil and the crops that pop out of it to the microbes teeming with life underneath the surface, which together creates a biodiverse environment that enriches and renews the land for generations to come.

Editorial: Embark on GMO enlightenment on dos and don’ts now

 

The new scientific exposition on the recently released transgenic maize varieties into the Nigerian seeds market has taken a new turn with speculation of  being able to actually contaminate other surrounding conventional  maize farms, the reason why all plant breeders, the coordinating Biotechnology Agency of the Federal Government ( FG) at the states and local government where farmings activities are actually carried out must immediately embark on massive education and enlightenment of farmers on why they should not plant conventional maize varieties too close to anywhere transgenic maize are planted.