News Report

A total of 4,000 households benefitted from the inputs.

The current phase of PAP is focusing on the rehabilitation of the people and bringing them and the impacted communities back to a state they can be useful to themselves.

The report also says the violence has cost the Nigerian economy $13 billion a year over the past five years.

The average price of one dozen of medium sized agric egg increased from N459.81 in March to N467.18 in April.

Benefiting states have been urged to take ownership of the projects and ensure that security of water infrastructure was made a top priority.

Kenya’s agriculture minister said the introduction of hybrid seeds would address rice productivity gap in Kenya and Africa at large.

No reason has been given for the governor’s action.

Stakeholders say the bill gives the National Agricultural Seeds Advocacy Group more power and authority to regulate seed activities in Nigeria

The Jigawa State Government has allocated 12,000 hectares of the farmlands to a Chinese firm.

The group says its records reveal only 150,000 farmers are farming, out of the 500,000 who participated in the 2018 dry season farming

The yam exporters shared what they learnt from Ghana.

This move will complement the extension work we are doing in Nigeria by offering farmers the information they need in real time.

The recapitalisation will be done with an estimated N250 billion.

Nigeria currently does not participate in the multibillion-dollar global seed trade as a result of lack of a Plant Variety Protection law in the country.

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) says e-certification will enable easy tracking of seeds to the source

Over the course of the five-year award, the Agribusiness Investment Activity aims to facilitate $200 million in new lending.

The Economic Confidential conducted a survey in major markets across Nigeria where rice is sold.

“It has been brought to our notice that cashew nuts worth 300 million dollars destined for export to Vietnam have been stuck in Lagos,” Audu Ogbeh says.

Mr Ogbeh said the move would also reduce the waste of cashew fruits and delay in the export of raw nuts out of the country.

The President of the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association says Nigeria needs to move away from the traditional livestock farms

The minister says Nigeria will gradually turn to organic fertilisers.

The boost increases the likelihood of lower import by the country as Nigeria’s rice importation figures kept reducing since 2015.