Anambra State Commissioner For Agriculture, Dr Forster Ihejiofor has attributed issues of various health related challenges to consumption of processed foods. He recommended eating right food as one of the cardinal means of ensuring healthy living. Speaking during induction ceremony for students of Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Ihejiofor argued
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Indications are rife that non-payment of counterpart funds by the Anambra State Government for an agricultural programme organised by the Federal Government of Nigeria/ International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (FGN/IFAD-VCDP) may plunge the state into a scarcity of rice and garri. Daily Vendor gathered that the state has not paid counterpart fund
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The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase-One (ATASP-1), Adani-Omor Zonal Staple Crops Processing Implementation Unit has presented different agricultural enhancement equipment to five farmers’ cooperative groups out of 13 benefiting communities in Anambra state. Beneficiaries of the equipment include the Obioma Farmers’ Cooperative, Umumbo, Orji-Ugo Farmers’ Cooperative, Anaku (Ayamelum LGA); Obinwanne Farmers’ Cooperative, Awgbu &
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…discloses government’s plans to make palm oil the new crude oil for the state to grow the economy Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has restated his administration’s committment to leveraging agriculture as vehicle for wealth creation and catalyst to spark economic and industrial activities in our state. He also disclosed his government’s plans to
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Over 840 women in four communities in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra state have benefited from the livelihood support package of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The benefiting communities included Umueze Anam, Umuenwelum, Ifite Anam and Olumbanasa communities. The distributed items, namely, rice seedlings, potato stems, groundnut, pepper, water melon seeds, and
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The Executive Chairman of Virgys Nigeria Limited, Mr Victor Okechukwu Vishnay has explained why his company’s bio-fertilizer for crops and bio-augmentation for fish, poultry and livestock are global game-changers. Vishnay in a statement said his company is the exclusive distributor in Nigeria and Africa to a USA biotechnology company. He said the company’s natural clean
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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has said that the state has become one of the food baskets of the nation under his administration. He said the state has attained that status through regenerative agriculture approach. Soludo spoke through his Chief of Staff, Mr. Ernest Ezeajuyi at the 2023 National Action and Communication Plan for
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Beneficiaries of Anambra state government’s distribution of oil palm and coconut seedlings have pledged to support the initiative to facilitate optimal productivity across the state. The beneficiaries, including Principals of Secondary Schools and Heads of Institutions, made the pledge during inspection visits by Ministry of Agriculture Team to monitor performance of distributed seedlings. They lauded
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…says the establishment of the College of Agriculture in the state will motivate research activities Traditional ruler of Omor Kingdom in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra, Igwe Oranu Chidume has called for establishment of a College of Agriculture to drive revolutionary development of agriculture in the state. Chidume made the call during ‘Omor-In-Focus,’ a
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…As Ministry of Agriculture commends group for drawing government attention to small scale women farmers Mr Martins Eke of the Centre for Social Justice, on Friday regretted that only 1.9% of the Anambra State 2022 total budget of over N141billion was allocated to the agricultural sector as against the 10% Maputo Declaration benchmark. Speaking during
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…The training will provide important skills for women farmers in the newly merged districts ISLAMABAD: The United States embassy in Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Planning and Development Department jointly launched a new development project worth $1 million to provide training for farmers and improve irrigation systems in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This US assistance would fund
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…canvases for healthy agricultural practices to protect the soil from flooding Federal Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Development has underscored the importance of stakeholders enabled intervention measures to mitigate incidences of flooding across the nation. Team Leader and Assistant Chief Agricultural Officer (FMARD), Chinyere Ihedioha, stated this at a One Day Sensitisation Program for Farmers
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…If the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones program delivers on its objectives, we would in less than a decade have dealt a fatal blow to food insecurity – Buhari ABUJA, Nigeria on Monday began its long journey to end hunger and achieve food security by launching the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ), a programme initiated by
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About fifteen thousand farms have been destroyed by flooding in five local government areas of Kano State. The Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Habib, made the disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment tour of communities ravaged by flood in Warawa and Wudil LGAs of the state on Wednesday. He listed the affected communities as
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Anambra State Government has disclosed plans to establish processing centres across the state for oil palm and coconut fruits. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Foster Ihejiofor who disclosed this while taking delivery of some consignment of oil palm seedlings at the Ministry’s premises, said government intends to maximize economic gains derivable from the produce and deepen
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