The Nigerian Farmers’ Supreme Council of Nigeria (NIFSCON) has called for thorough investigations into the Tudun Biri drone attacks in Igabi Local Government of Kaduna State.
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The Project Coordinator, Edo Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)- Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise in Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Mr John Omoruyi says the project had contributed 20 metric tones of rice to the state food basket.
The Federal Government, on Friday, gave palliatives to 80 cattle farmers affected by the 2022 flood disaster in Oyo State.
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A Taraba-based NGO, Ardo Yahaya Global Ventures (AYGV) in collaboration with the Alliance for Sustainable Livestock, has flagged off vaccination campaign for livestock across the state.
Shea Integrated Global Foundation, an NGO, has called for stakeholders’ collaboration in the development of Shea tree value-chain in Nasarawa State.
Some agriculture experts have called for the sensitization of local against agrochemicals misuse in the country to boost food security.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fadama Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (FCT CARES) Programme, said it has trained and disbursed grants to 4,233 benefiting farmers.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), said it has commenced arrangements with large-scale farm holdings in the region to boost food security and agro-allied products in the country.
From time immemorial, agriculture was Nigeria’s economic mainstay, however, overtime, agriculture has been relegated to the background for obvious reasons, it’s on record that Nigeria’s endowment with vast natural resources of arable land from the stretch of savanna grassland, the dense swamp and rainforest, the untapped and unhannessed abundant quantities of solid minerals almost all over the country have either been misused or put to abandonment over the years.