The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) on Thursday expressed its resolve to end the protracted clashes between farmers and herders in Sokoto State.
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The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Lagos State Chapter has appealed to the federal and state governments to pay more attention to rice cultivation in the country for sufficiency in the produce.
Stakeholders in the agricultural value chain meet in Abuja on Wednesday to chart ways forward for the new federal government policy on agricultural extension services and develop strategies for improving extension service delivery in Nigeria.
Local fish farmers have called for adequate implementation of policies and the provision of an enabling environment for the sector’s growth and development.
The chairman of the Oyo State Agricultural Credit Corporation of Oyo State (ACCOS), Taofik Akeugbagold on Tuesday, has assured of fairness in disbursing the N1 billion loan to farmers.
The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Agbaduhas called on stakeholders and development partners to invest massively in agriculture to transform Nigeria into a virile country for food security and value chain addition.
Local production of 2,000 tractors a year will boost food production, the minister of agriculture and food security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, said in Abuja on Friday.
The vice-chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof. Simeon Bamire, has called on the federal government to promote food security, powered by science, innovation and technology.
The Enugu State agricultural development programme (ENADEP) has urged farmers in the state to engage in onion farming to boost its production in the state.
The scarcity of sorghum in major grain markets in Kano has been attributed to insecurity in most sorghum-producing states and poor access to improved seed varieties.