By Abdulfatah Babatunde A consortium of four agricultural insurance companies, led by PULA Advisors AG, has paid N110 million to some Nigerian farmers as compensation in respect of their harvest losses. TheNewsZenith reports that PULA Advisors AG, in partnership with Leadway ⁷Assurance Company Limited, Heifer International and AFEX Commodity Exchange started the payout of the […]
From Our Corrspondent The Oyo State Government, on Monday, distributed farm inputs and agricultural assets to farmers in Six local government areas of Oyo State. TheNewsZenith reports that the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye supervised the distribution. Olaleye said the flag-off of the distribution, in Ibarapa zone “is part of the […]
From Our Correspondent The Oyo State Government has begun the fourth phase of distribution of agricultural inputs to 2,537 farmers across the state. TheNewsZenith reports that the inputs comprised of cassava stems, hybrid maize seedlings, herbicides and knap-sack sprayers. Oyo State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, inaugurated the exercise in Eruwa, […]
From Our Correspondent The All Farmer’s Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has appointed a new Head of Media to handle it’s Publicity and media relations. The new spokesman is Mr Samuel Akpan, the immediate past General Manager of Inspiration 105.9 FM, Uyo. The State Chairman of AFAN, Prince Bassey Inwang, announced […]
From Our Correspondent The Kebbi Government has procured fertiliser worth N2.6 billion and distributed it to farmers free, to enhance food production in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Shehu Mu’azu, announced this at a weekly press briefing, on Monday, in Birnin Kebbi. Mu’azu added that this was in addition to […]
From Our Correspondent Wheat farmers in Kaduna State are in a joyous mood, praising the Federal Government for subsidising inputs for dry-season wheat farming by half, on Sunday in Zaria, Kaduna State. TheNewsZenith reports that the government subsidises dry season wheat farming inputs by 50 per cent under its National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Government hopes to boost wheat production to 1.25 million tonnes of yield as it launched the National Wheat Cultivation Scheme, on Saturday. Abubakar Kyari, Agriculture and Food Security Minister gave the projection at the launching of the 2023 dry season wheat development project in Auyo LGA of Jigawa State. TheNewsZenith […]
From Our Correspondent A university lecturer, Dr Suleiman Lawal, has urged the Federal Government to provide farm inputs to farmers at subsidised rate. Lawal, a lecturer at Economics Department, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, gave the advice on Sunday in Kastina. He said such subsidy would help to stem rising cost of food in the […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde Two Federal Government establishments are discussing a plan on how to improve agro allied-industries development for food security. These are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). They will deploy technical competencies and other resources to target climate change mitigations and solar […]
From Our Correspondent Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have pleaded with the Bauchi State Government to invest more in irrigation farming to encourage food production. They made the call during the 2023 Interactive Forum of World Food Day, organised by a non-governmental organisation, Fahimta Women and Youth Development Initiative (FAWOYDI) in Bauchi. FAWOYDI held the […]