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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The National President of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo has commended Nigeria’s Council of State for approving $1 billion to boost agriculture as well as empower livestock production. In a statement issued in Sokoto on Saturday, Goronyo said that the Friday’s endorsement of the amount by the Council “is an absolute endorsement that the Federal government is doing it right in the area of agricultural development.” He further observed that upping agricultural funding from $200 million to $1 billion meant that Nigeria would be back to its glorious years of agricultural giant.…
The Youth Agicultural Enterprise Training Programme (YET-P) on Saturday trained 2,500 women on farming in a bid to boost their interest in the vocation and enhance food production. The Director of YET-P, Mr Kator Hule told news men that the women were trained under the Women Entrepreneurial Training Programme (WET-P), with the exercise focusing on empowering women in Agricultural enhancement for food security in the state. He said WET-P is an initiative developed as a toolkit for remedying the fall of Nigeria’s Agriculture . With the theme, ”Engaging Women in Key Opportunities in Agriculture”, Hule explained that it sought to…
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has observed that research and innovations that are being developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) could transform Nigeria’s agricultural narrative. The group, which is comprised of Nigeria’s private sector players in the agricultural value chain and led by its Vice president, Emmanuel Ijewere paid a visit to IITA to explore areas of possible collaboration with IITA. The team was puzzled and excited over the many innovations that have been developed by researchers in IITA ranging from improved seeds that could more than double farmers’ productivity, to technologies that control weeds and double…