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Rice Production: Kwara Signs MoU With Spanish Group

The Kwara State Government, yesterday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on rice cultivation; processing and packaging with a Spain based Vasolar Consortium. Under the arrangement the consortium would contribute N70…

Bassa Nge Community To Disburse Loans To Farmers

The Bassa Nge Development Union (BNDU), of Kogi State has made plans to disburse loans to farmers who are indigenes of Bassa Local Government Area of the state. The public relations…

Obasanjo Makes Case for Agriculture

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised government at all levels to take agriculture more seriously as it could be a money spinner for the nation if properly harnessed. Obasanjo said this…

Cocoa Business: Challenges, Prospects

Over the last 5 years, Nigerian    cocoa grower prices increased more than 50 per cent to the current average of  N460,000 per MT. The United States imported cocoa products estimated…

Sultan Tasks FG On Water Resources, Agric

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called for the development of the nation’s water resources even as he also made a case for the development of the…

Agric Sector @ 51: Nigerians Are Still Hungry

As Nigeria celebrates, no concrete steps have been taken in the last years to support agriculture, despite the potential of the sector as a means of unlocking the wealth of…

FG Spends N1.1tr On Food Importation Annually

The Federal Government has said it spends over N1.1trn on importation of wheat, rice, fish and sugar annually. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinnwumi Adesina, stated this in…

‘Nigeria Imports Over 95% Of Milk’

The President, Nigerian Institute of Animal Science(NIAS), Professor Placid Njoku, has said that Nigeria imports over 95 per cent of its milk. Speaking at the 3rd Induction Ceremony of the institute…

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