Agriculture

CBN mulls 1m hectares of rice cultivation in 2021 – Emefiele

By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele,…

Arewa Forum: How to end open grazing

"Nobody would accept the attitude of herdsmen who trespass into farms with their cattle,  eat…

Food security: Edo, FG, IFAD commence training for 4,250 farmers

The project, which is being implemented in nine states of the Niger Delta will operate…

Kwara launches 500 hectares youth farm scheme

The initiative, an offshoot of the recently launched Kwara Agricultural Transformation Plan, is being facilitated…

Seven investors commit N100bn to Edo oil palm programme

The initiative involves signing of 45,000 hectares of land to the companies for the purpose…

CBN to revive oil palm sector, stop importation – Emiefele

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emiefele, has…

Kogi: Women farmers decry poor budgetary allocation to agriculture

Richard Elesho/ Lokoja The Kogi chapter of Small Scale Women farmers Organization in Nigeria, SWOFON,…

Host communities protest alleged maltreatment by Edo govt, Okomu Oil

Host communities of Okomu Oil plc, protest against what they tagged marginalisation and ill-treatment by…

Smuggling: N3.4tr investment under threat in rice processing sub-sector – RIPAN

Renewed foreign rice smuggling into the Nigeria threatens N3.4 trillion investments in rice processing sub-sector…

Ogun partners FAN Milk to enhance diary production

Ogun State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a French Company, FAN…