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Institution from Nigeria and the Netherlands have signed a partnership to enhance the exchange of knowledge for protective vegetable cultivation. The Nigerian team was made up of representatives of JMSF Agribusiness Ltd, Eupepsia Place…

The Lagos State Government says it is refocusing the attention of its teeming youth on modern agriculture, a veritable part of the economy. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, said this in Ikeja, during the final…

Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, says the use of tricycles would ease transportation for smallholder farmers and their produce. The use of tricycles would ensure easy movement of food and…

Several experts in the agribusiness sector advocated that the country must end internal conflicts and insecurity to move away from subsistence farming to value-added farming. This was the thrust of a one-day Agritalk Conference, hosted…

As Nigerians continue to feel the impact of terrorists’ attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train resulting in loss of lives, injuries and abduction, the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria, FACAN, resolved to transport agro…

Farmers in six Local Government Areas around the Tiga dam in Kano State who practice irrigation farming have expressed excitement after the management of the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) reopened the dam for…

The Director-General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has said the agency will not let the country become a dumping ground for unregulated genetically modified organisms. He said this while receiving a team…

The Edo State Government has commenced the process of forest allocation to prospective timber concessionaires as part of efforts to reopen the forest. The chairman of, Forestry Commission, Edward Obiaw, said interested timber licensees,…

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in Edo State, Stephen Idehenre, says the state has attracted about $531.2 million from nine firms in the oil palm sector through the state oil palm programme. Idehenre made this known…

To ensure massive food production and sufficiency, the Ondo State Government in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has trained and disbursed working capital to about 260 women and youths in the…