agriculture

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) on Tuesday says about 1.5 billion dollars’ worth of dairy products is imported yearly into the country. The ministry says that the huge bill is because of the long neglect…

Nigeria is a leading country in agriculture in West Africa and one of the oil-producing countries in Africa with over 206million population. The Country is blessed in diverse natural and human resources, among these resources, are youths –…

For a country to be ideally independent, such country has to be self sufficient. When a country has difficulty in producing what it consumes, then there is imbalance of trade and that will affect the per-capital income of the country. If…

Rice importation into Nigeria would end by 2020, the Policy Adviser of the John Kufuor Foundation (JKF), Hon. Abraham Dwuma, has said. He also said that Africa Rice Advocacy Platform (ARAP) under the JKF was also focused to achieve zero…

African Development Bank seeks partnerships to lift 1 billion people out of hunger globally “We must not get carried away: we are not winning the war against global hunger” The African Development Bank called on global partners to…

The Federal Government has reportedly disbursed N150 billion to local farmers under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) in two years. The Executive Director, Bank of Agriculture, Mr. Niyi Akenzua gave the…

Days after he announced the intention of the Federal Government to establish a National Food Security Council, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of the Council’s membership. The Council, to be chaired by the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the growing role of agriculture as a strategy for jobs creation among young Nigerians.