NRC: Killing of farmers threatens food security in Northeast Nigeria
In a statement on Tuesday, Anja Riiser, NRC’s Area Manager in Maiduguri said the body was horrified by the killing of, at least, 12 farmers in Kalle village, Borno state, northeast Nigeria this weekend. “The level of violence registered lately in Northeast Nigeria is alarming,” she lamented. “Farmers have been easy targets. These attacks risk
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70% of Nigeria smallholder farmers are women – Minister
Seventy percent of smallholder farmers out of 95% that feed the nation are women, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbe, has said. The Minister, who made this known at the opening session of the first Unity Food Fair organised by the National Council for Women’s Society (NCWS) to mark the World Food
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‘No poultry farmer makes profit in the last 5yrs’
The Director General of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Dr. Onalo Akpa, has said no Nigerian poultry farmer is making significant profit in the last four to five years due to high cost of inputs. The PAN DG said this during a press conference held recently to mark World Egg Day in Abuja. Dr.
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FG reiterates commitment to end herdsmen/farmers clash
The Federal and state governments are working to create enabling environment that would allow herdsmen and farmers coexist harmoniously. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gave the assurance while declaring open the 55th annual congress of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association in Sokoto on Tuesday. He described the theme of the conference “The Veterinary Profession and Emerging
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RIFAN urges farmers in Katsina to repay ABP loan
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Katsina State has urged its members who benefited from the first phase of the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to repay the loans. The state RIFAN Chairman, Alhaji Shuaibu Wakili, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura on Tuesday. News Agency
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American firm partners YOTSI on $25m farm in Osun
An American company, Cade Creek International, Colorado, United States, in partnership with a non governmental organisation, Youth Off The Streets Initiatives (YOTSI), is setting up a $25m farm in Ifon, headquarters of Ifon Orolu Local Council Area of Osun State. Announcing the partnership during the presentation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by all the parties,
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84,000 lose jobs as 16 cocoa companies go under
• 5% of cocoa’s $140b comes to Africa despite 70% of global output • Nigeria loses $100b over inability to export major produce Over 84,000 Nigerians have lost their jobs in the cocoa value chain industry while about 16 companies have folded up in the last 10 years. The National President of the Cocoa Association
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Farmers, agro-industrialists, others demand simple procedures in agric financing
Farmers, industrialists and financial experts in the agro-allied industries have called on the Federal Government to simplify processes and requirements of accessing agricultural financial facilities. They hinged the call on the layers of hurdles that unsophisticated farmers are made to go through while applying for loans as individuals or cooperatives. Though the Central Bank of
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Why FG should build cold-rooms
A non-governmental organisation, ProtectOzone Sustainable Livelihood Initiative, has urged the Federal Government to build cold-rooms from solar technology to elongate produce nutrients and shelf-life Olalekan Sipasi, the founder of the organisation, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Sipasi said the call became necessary because cold-rooms could
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How to cultivate pumpkin for sustainable income
The pumpkin is popularly known as ugu. It is a native plant of West Africa and is mostly grown and consumed in the southern part of Nigeria. It is increasingly becoming more popular among other Nigerians who have known that the vegetable is full of essential nutrients. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd,
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