Agriculture

Abuja, June 24, 2024 – Nigeria has about 40.2 million agriculture households, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported. The NBS reported this in the latest edition of its National Agricultural Sample Census (NASC) 2022 released in Abuja on Monday. The census was conducted by the NBS in partnership with the World Bank, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. The report indicated that out of the 91 per cent of agricultural households that cultivated crops, 35 per cent …

Kaduna, May 30, 2024 – Tomatoes Growers Association of Nigeria says the current scarcity and hike in the price of the produce was caused by pest attacks. Mr Rabiu Zuntu, the Kaduna State Chairman of the association, disclosed this to journalists in Kaduna on Thursday. He identified the pests as ‘Tuta Absoluta,’ also known as Tomato Leaf Miner, a specie of moth in the Gelechiida pest family. It is a serious pest that attacks tomatoes in Europe, Africa, western Asia and South and Central America, with larvae causing up to 100 per cent loss …

Kano, May 22, 2024 – Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has sought support of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to boost agricultural production and mitigate the impact of climate change in the state. Yusuf made the request during a meeting with Ms. Eva De Wit, the First Secretary Migration at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria, on Tuesday in Kano. Yusuf admired Netherlands’ impressive achievements in agriculture and climate change management in Europe. He expressed his administration’s willingness to partner with the Dutch government to replicate …

Minna, May 10, 2024 – President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria will soon achieve food sufficiency through projects being put in place by the government. Tinubu made the promise during the groundbreaking ceremony of the 84-kilometer Bida to Minna road.   He called on state governors to key into his administration’s agricultural revolution programme and plans on food security. The president, who was represented by Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, , said if the state governors could adopt this, it would relieve the citizens of the current …

Abuja, April 2024 – President Bola Tinubu has approved distribution of 20% of palliatives through traditional and faith-based institutions. Vice President Kashim Shettima said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a one-day dialogue on “Faith leaders as catalysts for enhanced human capital through nutrition,” organised by the National Council on Nutrition and the World Bank-assisted Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria [ANRiN] Project. He said the initiative was introduced to improve nutrition across Nigeria with a rallying call to faith and traditional leaders to champion the effort in their communities.  “President …

Lokoja, March 27, 2024 – Kogi State Government has mapped out 1,200 hectares of land for immediate cultivation of cassava. Timothy Ojoma, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, said this in Lokoja on Wednesday during the inauguration of the State Executive Council of the Cassava Cottage Processing Marketing Association (CACOPMAN). Ojoma said that the state government was going to provide 80 per cent of the work by bringing in tractors, improved stems, fertiliser, chemicals and clearing of the land. “We have already mapped out about 48 areas in the three senatorial districts …