Agriculture
Nigeria, Brazil MoU will transform agriculture — BOA
The Bank of Agriculture has described the recent agricultural agreement signed between President Bola Tinubu and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Agriculture
Tinubu bans export of raw shea nuts
President Bola Tinubu has directed a temporary ban on the export of raw shea nuts. Abubakar Kyari, the minister for agriculture and food ...
Agriculture
Cocoa House at 60: Odua group seals N10bn cocoa deal to revive agricultural sector
The Group Chairman of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Bimbo Ashiru, has disclosed that the board of the company recently signed a N10 billion ...
Agriculture
Oyo seals 15 veterinary outlets, confiscates goods
The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, sealed 15 veterinary outlets and confiscated goods worth millions of naira for violating provisions of the state ...
Agriculture
Agric ministry makes U-turn, says 3-day prayer, fasting aimed at spiritual support, not solution to food insecurity
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has clarified that its recently announced three-day fasting and prayer programme is not a strategy ...
Agriculture
Agriculture ministry declares 3-day fasting, prayer to tackle food security crisis
In response to Nigeria’s worsening food security crisis, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security announced a three-day fasting and prayer initiative ...
Agriculture
Nigeria unveils 1st ever biofortified hybrid pearl millet to boost nutrition, withstand climate change in dry regions
Nigeria has approved its first biofortified hybrid pearl millet varieties so as to tackle malnutrition and strengthen food security in the country’s dry ...
Agriculture
FG launches 2nd agro-industrial zone in Cross River as AfDB commits $2.2bn for nationwide expansion
The Federal Government has begun construction of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in Calabar, Cross River State, as part of its broader ...
Agriculture
AfDB, IITA signs additional €5m to boosts agricultural transformation in Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a five million Euros agreement to finance the Technologies for ...
Agriculture
Adamawa plans mass vaccination of livestock as 1,000 sick cows die in Taraba
The Adamawa government is increasing its level of surveillance and planning a massive vaccination campaign against haemorrhagic septicaemia, a disease suspected to ...