Tag: Farming
Ekiti govt, Cavista Holdings sign multi-billion naira MoU on cassava farming
Ekiti State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian investment company Cavista Holdings to establish a state-of-the-art cassava farm spanning 100,000...
Kebbi gov flags-off aerial spray of migratory pests
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has flagged-off the 2023 aerial operation for the control of migratory pests across the frontline Local Government Areas...
Tinubu in Bauchi: I’ll make farming profitable, create wealth
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has promised to consolidate on recent gains to foster prosperity across the country.
Tinubu...
Uba Sani: I’ll empower farmers, enable all-year-round farming in Kaduna
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Sen. Uba Sani, says his administration would empower farmers by giving out...
Commodity Exchanges as panacea to poverty, low agricultural productivity
By TAMINU YAKUBU
Nigeria has 75 million hectares of land for farming. Of these, only 44% or 33 million has been deployed into production with...
Kaduna govt allocates 800,000 hectares for agriculture
Kaduna State Government has declared its readiness to utilise over 800,000 hectares of virgin land located between Buruku and Birnin Gwari for agricultural purposes.
The...
Obasanjo: I’m already sweating over high cost of diesel
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed displeasure over the high cost of diesel, fish feeds, and the exchange rate of the naira, saying it...
Obasanjo: Everything about me is by accident
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said everything about him is accidental, except farming.
Obasanjo was a former military Head of State before he was elected...
Kaduna distributes farm tools, seeds to women, groups
The Kaduna State government has distributed agricultural tools and seedlings to 85 women groups and cooperatives to support them in the 2022 farming season.
The...
El Rufai counsels citizens on farming
Governor Nasir El Rufai has appealed to the people of Kaduna State to farm massively wherever they can because that is the concrete way...
