…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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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged agencies involved in agriculture to include youth in driving modern methods of farming. The president stated this in Abuja on Tuesday when he inaugurated the National Young Farmers Scheme designed by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) to elicit more youth interest in farming. He assured all those interested
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No fewer than 4,390 verified farmers in Anambra State have benefited from various farm inputs from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The inputs included seeds/seedlings, knapsack sprayers and agrochemicals in the first and second phases of distribution. Speaking weekend during the inauguration of the final phase of fertiliser distribution to farmers in affected by
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…launches 2020 farming season, begins to settle the 700million inherited debt in the sector The Bauchi State Government is set to access N100 billion agricultural loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria . The state governor, Sen Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed disclosed this at the official launching of the 2020 farming season, sales of fertilizer and
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The Federal Government has approved N13 billion as an intervention fund for pest control in twelve northern states. The DAILY VENDOR learnt that the twelve states are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States. Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who disclosed this in
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The Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has said it is unpatriotic for rice producers to sell a bag of rice at above N15,000. Nanono said that with paddy rice sold at N8,500 and cost of processing N2,000, it was exploitative for the product to be sold for between N17,000 and
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Chief Kunle Kalejaye, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari, to prioritize investment in agriculture to reduce hunger and fast-track economic prosperity. Kalejaye, said this while speaking with journalists at the ‘2019 Christmas Carols of the Nine Lesson’ held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He expressed worries over the rate of
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