AGRICULTURE

Nigeria Customs Service says it seized 800,000 bags of smuggled rice in Kano and Jigawa states.

“The interest rate of banks in Nigeria is one of the obstacles that are affecting our farmers.”

“Because of this farm, we can now eat and take care of our family.”

“You may have to re-designate these schools of medical sciences as schools or colleges of nutrition and medical sciences.”

He says there is huge investment potential in the Nigerian Agricultural sector

Notore also unveiled the ISO 9001: 2015 certification.

They say they were being given a N185, 000 loan package after a nine-month delay, instead of the promised N300,000.

About 26 states benefitted from the programme.

“Registration has commenced all over the country,” an official said.

Releaf aims to map out Nigerian agriculture in its entirety over the next 12 months.

The actress also spoke on what she did in the UK during a break from Nollywood.

“The kind of economic growth and prosperity that we’re aiming for cannot happen without private capital.”

The plant has a production capacity of 4,000 metric tons of nitrogenous fertilizer per day.

“We really need to guard against the undue exploitation of our resources by these Asian countries.”

The acting president said research was not enough if it was not marketed for universal application.

The new breed produces up to about 200 eggs annually compared to 65 produced by local breed.

Nigeria has kicked off export of yam.

The government also initiated the National Quality Infrastructure Project, NQIP.

The drop in rice import by about two million tons since the devaluation led to higher demand of cassava food products and cassava tubers.

Mr. Ogbeh said that Nigeria was under great pressure to export roasted cashew nuts to Japan.

“We want to eradicate these diseases in our animals, especially the PPR in sheep and goats,” an official said.

Eighteen fertilizer blending plants will be operational in 2018.