12-10-2011 08:55 AM
Nigeria loses annually on food importation
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has revealed that the nation is loosing about N1.6 trillion every year to deve...
03-10-2011 09:11 AM
Agriculture can create 20m jobs
A former Commissioner for Agriculture in Delta State, Mr. Jerry Ossai, has said that the agriculture sector can create more than 20 million jobs in th...
27-09-2011 09:23 AM
Cotton farmers abandon the crop
Cotton farmers in Biu, Borno State, have attributed the decline in cotton cultivation to low patronage and poor pricing, forcing them to migrate to ot...
27-09-2011 09:18 AM
Osun farmers get 72,000 bags of fertiliser
The Osun State Government has donated 72,000 bags of fertiliser to farmers. Governor Rauf Aregbesola yesterday inaugurated a 10-man committee, headed ...
22-09-2011 08:42 AM
Nigerian cocoa output to double by 2015
Nigeria’s cocoa production will double in the next four years, while wheat and rice imports are set to fall as Africa’s most populous nati...
09-09-2011 08:12 AM
Recent Ibadan rain is heaviest in decades
The August 26 downpour that caused devastating floods in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital is the city’s heaviest since 1955, the rain data record a...
25-08-2011 08:59 AM
Invest in agriculture, Nyako tells FG
Governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, has called on the federal government to invest in agriculture to stop the over dependent on crude oil, just as he ...
15-08-2011 09:52 AM
Nigeria spends N991bn on wheat importation
The Federal Government weekend disclosed that N991 billion was spent in the year 2010 for the importation of rice and wheat in the country.
02-08-2011 09:02 AM
Nigeria to Use $333 Million on Agriculture
The Nigerian Export-Import Bank will spend 51 billion naira ($333 million) over the next four years to support the agriculture, solid minerals and the...
23-06-2011 08:48 AM
South-South states to boost agriculture
As a direct but deliberate step to diversify from the mono-economic system of oil, the South-South governors have indicated their willingness to devel...
14-06-2011 09:55 AM
N1.2tr lost every year to poor agriculture sector
The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has hinted that Nigeria loses about N1.2 trillion every year to its poorly developed and inefficient agricult...
01-06-2011 09:56 AM
Nigerian cocoa farmers on the sidelines
Nigerian cocoa farmers say they are unaffected by the current price hike in the international markets as they have pushed out their main crop into the...
22-04-2011 09:19 AM
Investing in agriculture to boost growth
A lot has been said about Nigeria’s bid to achieve self-sufficiency in food production but it appears not much is being done to realise the drea...
31-03-2011 09:02 AM
Jonathan promises jobs via agriculture
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described himself as a responsible leader who would not put his personal interest above the nation’s inter...
28-03-2011 10:13 AM
Nigeria and food crisis
Last month, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, an agency of the United Nations, raised alarm that Nigeria, Morocco and Bangladesh face imminent f...
21-03-2011 08:33 AM
Gas 'revolution' launched in Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan is set to launch, on Thursday, a Gas Revolution agenda...
15-03-2011 07:40 AM
Thousands of farmers benefit from loan
No fewer than 82,689 farmers benefitted from agricultural input loans under the Zamfara Comprehensive Agricultural Revolution Programme (ZACARP) betwe...
04-01-2011 10:33 AM
How 593 Cows Starved to Death in Ekiti
One of the priorities of the former governor of Ekiti State Segun Oni was agriculture.
30-12-2010 11:36 AM
Deforestation - Cutting Down Our Lives
Climate change is no longer an abstract term or a scientific jargon with no local, humane touch. Scientists say the increasing change in climatic cond...
21-12-2010 10:10 AM
WB to give extra U.S.$50 Million to Lagos
Lagos and four other states in the South West that are currently benefiting from its assisted Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) will g...
21-12-2010 10:09 AM
Poverty rate worries Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed fears that the rate of poverty in the country may increase to 80 per cent...
03-12-2010 07:39 AM
Olam Sets Up $200 Million Sugar Venture in Nigeria
Olam International Ltd., a commodity supplier backed by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte, plans to set up a $200 million sugar-refining venture ...
29-11-2010 09:24 AM
Banks Not Supporting Agriculture, Small-Scale Enterprises - Ribadu
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and presidential aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) Malam Nuhu R...
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