About 25,000 rice farmers in Kano state are expected to benefit from farm inputs of N5 billion for the dry season farming in the state. The Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Alhaji Kabiru Adamu disclosed this while flagging-off the distribution of the items in Kura, headquarters of Kura local government area of the state. The loan for the farm implement would be disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)/Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Anchor Borrowers Programme. He said the Federal Government had earmarked N25 billion for the loan to be disbursed to rice farmers nationwide…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Former Head of Civil Service of Kebbi state, Buhari Jega said he made a fortune from rice farming under the Federal Government Anchor Borrowing Programme. He stated this when the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed was conducted round his 20 km rice farm in Jega near Birnin Kebbi by the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Dandiga. He ventured into rice farming after he left office. The retired senior civil servant said he ventured into rice farming after leaving office and took advantage of the support by the federal and state governments through the Anchor Borrowing Programme. Jega…
Researchers said they have discovered an HIV antibody that can suppress the virus for nearly six months without additional treatment. The new study involved about half of a group of monkeys, infused with a broadly neutralising antibody to HIV combined with an immune stimulatory compound. The findings, released at the 25th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, lend a clue to strategies that attempt to achieve sustained, drug-free viral remission in people living with HIV. Supported in part by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the study may have targeted the viral reservoir, populations…
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has assured that the state would work with farmers and millers under the Federal Government’ Anchor Borrower Programme to deliver local rice at a price of below N10,000 per bag. The governor gave the assurances in Birnin Kebbi Sunday night at a dinner in honour of Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed who was on a two-day working visit to the state with a view to assessing the state government’s agricultural revolution. Commending President Buhari administration’s policy on rice, Bagudu called for more investments by the public and private sector, adding that the mobilisation…
Sokoto government said it will construct 1000 tube wells so as to provide enough water to farm lands for the 2018 irrigation season in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this on Saturday in Sokoto. “The water levels in our dams are very low and will not be enough to serve the needs of our farmers for the dry season farming. To overcome that challenge, experts suggested we seek for alternative ways of watering our farmlands. “In that regard, we decided to construct 1000 tube wells in different locations across the state. This effort will enable us meet our…
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday officially confirmed the death of 90 persons from Lassa fever as a report for the eigth week since January 1. According to the report, until February 25, 2018, 1081 suspected cases and 90 deaths have been recorded from 18 states, which rose from the initial 54. The affected states include Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Kogi, Imo, Plateau, Lagos, Taraba, Delta, Osun, Rivers, FCT, Gombe and Ekiti. The disease also affected 14 health workers, seven in Ebonyi; one in Nasarawa; one in Kogi; one in Benue; one in Ondo;…
The Dangote (http://Dangote.com) Rice Outgrower Scheme in Jigawa State reached a turning point yesterday when the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote laid a foundation stone for the construction of a multi-billion Naira rice processing mill in Hadin, Jigawa state. The mill with a capacity to process 16 metric tons of paddy rice per hour, when completed, will in a year process paddy rice worth N14 billion bought directly from the famers in Jigawa at market rate. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony in Hadin, Kaugama local government area, Dangote said the commencement of the construction of the integrated rice…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-Value Chain Development Programme (VDCP) has commended the Ebonyi Government for inaugurating projects that impact positively on agricultural production. IFAD-VCDP National Programme Coordinator (NPC), Mr Ameh Onoja also noted while inspecting projects executed by the programme on Thursday, that the development was unprecedented. According to him, “I am highly impressed by the government’s infrastructure strides in respect to roads and bridges among others and this greatly impacts on agricultural production in the state. Rural farmers who are the major beneficiaries of IFAD-VCDP interventions will easily convey their produce to the areas of marketability, in tandem…
Participants at the just-concluded workshop, organised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), have identified technology transfer, capacity building and finance as areas of support for Nigeria in its efforts to attain the SDGs. They identified the areas in a communique issued at the end of the workshop with a theme: “Mainstreaming Food Security in the Context of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in Nigeria’’, held in Abuja. The participants said that the management of data, information and performance was, however, needed to support the country’s implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while underscoring the need for accountability. They also…
Sokoto state government said it has introduced additional incentives to farmers to in bid boost cultivation of wheat, sesame, garlic and onion in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this when he inspected a wheat farm at Taloka, Goronyo LGA. The 43 hectre farm is supported by the state government and is in partnership with some flour mills to off-take the commodity. “Our support for wheat, garlic, sesame and onion farmers have been doubled to enable Sokoto maintains its position as one of the leading states producing these crops in the federation. “These additional supports are in the form…