‘Cashew has a lot of benefit to offer has a lot of health and economic benefit, and with governmental attention it’s a whole lot s of job opportunity …’

Mr. Stephen Aliasa, Chairman National Cashew Association of Nigeria Kogi State Chapter

With  the raging economic melt-down, the attendant unemployment and youth restiveness and the general gloomy atmosphere, cashew could turn out to be one of the saving grace for the citizens  and it could also be source be a source of foreign exchange says Mr. Stephen Aliasa, Chairman National Cashew Association of Nigeria Kogi State Chapter. Read his excerpt below.

GMO in circulation very soon, says NABDA DG

Director General (DG) of NABDA Prof. Lucy Ogbadu

Controversy on the circulation of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops in circulation has been doused by the Director General (DG) of NABDA Prof. Lucy Ogbadu who confirmed that while one cannot outright say no to GMO product in circulation was because some are already on farm trials with the hope of being released soon as they are certified meeting biotechnology standard.Excerpts…

Agriculture Policy Will Motivate Youths To Wealth Creation – OGBEH

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh has called on Nigerian youths to return to commercial/mechanized agriculture in order to curb the looming hunger. He said “Nigeria will have a bleak future in terms of food if we do not plan now.

CBN to Settle 60-day FX Forward, Guarantees LCs for Importers

CBN

In fulfillment of its pledge to fund forward sales under the flexible FX regime, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed plans to within the next few months, fund the 60-day forward sales and request from the agricultural, aviation, machinery and raw materials sectors, thus guaranteeing letters of credit (LCs) for importers to ship in required goods.

Anambra establishes Community Farm Development Programme

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State

Anambra government has introduced a Community Farm Development Programme (CFDP) to provide farmers with inputs, tractor services and link them with buyers.

Farmers in the North Central Zone Get Training On Entrepreneurship

farmer

Farmers in the North Central zone of Nigeria are been trained on yam and cassava processing and packaging to boost entrepreneurship and value addition.

Kogi to establish 6 farm settlements

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello

The Kogi State government says it will establish six farm settlements across the three senatorial districts of the state to boost agricultural production.

Potato Centre partners to promote, upscale bio-fortified staple crops

bio-fortified staple crops

In the face of food security and malnutrition challenges, the International Potato Centre restated its intention and continued effort to end malnutrition amongst kids, during its inception and planning workshop in Abuja, theme Building Nutritious Food Basket Project Nigeria towards  strengthening and enabling the environment for investments in bio-fortified crops.

Birds, locusts swarm threaten harvests in Yobe

Locust Swam

Increasing population of Queala birds in Nguru, Ngeji and Ngalda wetlands is threatening bumper harvests in five local government areas of Yobe, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mustapha Gajirima, has said.

Farmers record bumper harvest, grateful to IITA – UAM striga resistant cowpea varieties.

IITA

Farmers in Jigawa and Kano states have attributed the bumper harvest recently recorded in this year cowpea cultivations to the effectiveness of the recently- introduced five different resistant cowpea improved seeds varieties jointly innovated by the University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM) and Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)