Tag: agriculture

The loan is to support small and mid-scale farmers.

Nigeria only imported 58,000 tons of rice from Thailand in 2015 as against 1.2 million tons in 2014.

“We have rice. We should eat our rice. There is no where our local rice has harmed anybody."

The NLC has asked the federal government to reinstate the whistleblowers sacked by the university.

“I appeal to the people of the Niger Delta region to embrace peace and focus on agriculture," the president said.

500 graduates will also benefit from the programme in each state of the federation.

‘‘We intend to put more resources in our 2017 budget."

He said the training would create jobs and wealth for the youth.

The governor calls for ban on export of primary farm produce .

Environmentalist area alarmed by the decision which came despite government’s earlier pledge against it.

The minister of agriculture released the census on Thursday.

"The jobs are there but we lack the requisite skill to fill the vacancies."

A steering committee to implement the proposals was formed at the meeting. It is to be headed by Vice President ...

Mr. Ogbeh urged Nigerians to embrace agriculture.

“We will grow grass in the south to feed the cattle in the north, just as Saudi Arabia did,” the ...

"In spite of their (women) huge labour investment, productivity is low and they often have limited roles in decision making ...

“Between 2010 and 2014, about 230,000 kilometres of feeder roads were constructed.”

The city was experiencing high temperature.

The programme aims at training students on essentials of mechanized farming at secondary school level.

Asiodu said, if all was well done, oil should not contribute more than 30 per cent of Nigeria's revenue.

Dr Dixon says unless solutions to weeds are made available, African farmers will not increase their farm sizes and enjoy ...

Mr. Adesina said Nigeria is now the reference point for agriculture on the continent. ---------------------------------------- The Minister of Agriculture and Rural ...

World Bank pledges to support the design of a reform package for water resources management and irrigation in Nigeria. --------------------------- ...

Akin Adesina, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Nigeria, is an agricultural economist with decades of experience working to make agriculture productive ...

The World Bank is to raise its lending capacity to about $300 billion Amid plans by the Federal Government to ...