AGRICULTURE

Tobacco has grave consequences on the health of both the users and people around the users who inhale the smoke.

Two million farmers are expected to benefit.

Some farmers interviewed advised President Buhari to improve the agricultural sector through funding and sound policies.

The groups said the regulations would safeguard current and future generation of Nigerians from tobacco harms.

Mr Ojo was first appointed in May 2015.

Many farmers across Nigeria are unbanked. They share their stories in this special report.

IITA also presents agricultural policy framework to Oyo State.

The government says it feeds 9.7 million children daily.

These bills, among others, will ensure that farmers enjoy high yields of agriculture produce.

Mr Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party will be sworn in as Oyo governor on May 29.

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

Nigeria spent about $29.7 million to import apples in 2018, to rank 47th largest importer in the world.

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.