The Jigawa government has announced plans to adopt drip irrigation in the state in order to increase crop output by 60 percent per acreage and also reduce farming costs.
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Uganda’s lost glory as one of Africa’s top producers of the ’white-gold’ (cotton) in the 1950s-70s, is slowly being regained with farmers already reaping over 2,000 metric tons, hardly a year after engaging in the revival. The country’s central region is leading the revival, [which ironically wasn’t growing much cotton then]. Uganda has two cotton planting seasons in a year.
An agricultural expert in Uganda, stunned a farmers’ conference in the capital Kampala recently, when he revealed that nowadays most homesteads have no fires nor smokes during the day, because people are not cooking due to acute food shortages.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has announced the launch of the state’s agricultural development fund.
When a friend read the list of agriculture-related products among the 43 items that can be imported using the country’s meagre foreign reserves, he quipped, “Nigeria bade farewell to national food security.”
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago says his administration is ready to partner with individuals in the private sector to boost the state’s agricultural sector.
ASHENEWS reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained that single digit interest for agriculture loans will help transform the agribusiness, and called on the federal government of Nigeria to reduce the interest rate.
Ten molecular scientists from six African countries are targeting a quantum leap in nutrition, climate resiliency and sustainability in the continent’s food systems for crops of nutritional and economic value, including orphan crops.
Agricultural stakeholders in partnership with the Federal Government on Friday launched the Youth in Agribusiness (YAS) Project, designed to engage 10,000 youths into agribusiness entrepreneurship.