COVID-19: WE DON’T HAVE MONEY TO IMPORT FOOD -says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria no longer has money to import food owing to the impact of COVID-19 on the nation’s economy. While speaking with journalists during the Eid celebrations…
CBN PAYS N680M TO 3,397 OGUN FARMERS -says Abiodun
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun Monday said 3,397 farmers under the state’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) were credited with N680million loans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) between March…
LOCKDOWN: FARMERS DEMAND SPECIAL MOVEMENT WAIVERS
Dr Tunde Arosanyin, the National Coordinator, Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers in Nigeria, has urged all governments to grant special movement waivers to farmers in the face of the COVID-19…
STAKEHOLDERS SEEK AGRICULTURAL MASTER PLAN FOR KWARA STATE
Stakeholders in Agriculture have called for the development of agriculture master plan in Kwara to boost food security in the state. They said the master-plan would outline various policies…
NEED TO REVIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted to collapse of global oil price, the place of agriculture and its research institutes is very paramount in contributing to the…
MAKINDE SIGNS OYO AGRIBUSINESS BILL INTO LAW …To Site Agency in Saki
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has signed the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) Bill into law. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor,…
FEDERAL GOVT BEGINS RELEASE OF 70,000MTS OF GARRI, OTHERS TO THE VULNERABLE
THE Federal Government has directed the release of 70,000 metric tonnes of assorted food items to vulnerable Nigerians, to help cushion the effect of the lockdown in some states.…