On Friday, Agricultural Ministers of Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire held talks in Berlin on strengthening agricultural cooperation between the two countries, Morocco’s official news agency MAP reported. After meeting on the sidelines of the Berlin International Green Week, Moroccan Agricultural Minister, Mohammed Sadiki said both countries have many experiences to share in the agriculture sector. […]
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 Vice-President Kashim Shettima has implored governors to revamp Nigeria’s agricultural sector so as to reduce dependence on food imports and attain food self-sufficiency. Shettima made the call during the 137th meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday, in Abuja. The Vice-President is Chairman of the NEC, a statutory body with […]
By Our Correspondent The Agbekoya Society of Nigeria, a Yoruba farmers and hunters association, says it has deployed about 4,000 personnel to provide security for farmers in the Southwest. The President-General of the association, Chief Kamorudeen Okikiola, announced this at a news conference, on Wednesday, in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that Agbekoya held the press conference.to […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Government says the modern integrated cassava processing plant in Igbara-Oke will create 1,000 jobs through the cassava value chain. Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Dr Jumai Adamu-Tutuwa, announced this, on Monday, in Igbara-Oke, Ondo States. TheNewsZenith reports that Adamu-Tutuwa was in Igbara-Oke, in Ifedore LGA […]
By Our Correspondent A New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) chieftain, Adekunle Aderibigbe, says the Appeal Court verdict on Kano governorship election is an attempt to rob Kano majority of their mandate. TheNewsZenith reports that the Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, sacked Gov. Abba Yusuf. It upheld the petition tribunal’s earlier judgement on the […]
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 […]
Kenya’s agricultural regulator, on Tuesday, announced new measures to tighten controls on the export of mangoes in a bid to curb illegal shipments. The regulations, which include mandatory physical inspection of shipments, are to prevent exporters from mixing mangoes with other fruits. Mixing has been a practice that emerged following the suspension of avocado exports […]