SIX Thousand and Sixty-Two farmers in Lagos State have received agricultural inputs and production assets from the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme, a World Bank-supported project. State Project Coordinator, Lagos NG-CARES, Mr Jonathan Obayemi, stated this during the distribution exercise in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, last weekend. He

THE smallholder women farmers in Nasarawa State have appealed to the state government to support them financially and materially in order to fight for food security in the state. Spokesperson of the Smallholder Women Farmers Association in Nasarawa State, made the call during an agriculture show organised by Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Mada Hills

MAIZE farmers in Lagos state under the National Programme for Food Security (NPFS) have been empowered with new maize seeds variety to plant for this season and fertiliser to help boost their productivity. The farmers who gathered at the Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority office in Oko Oba Agege to receive the input were first

BusinessDay Media Limited, West Africa’s leading provider of business intelligence and information on diversified media platforms, is set to host the maiden edition of its Agricultural Exports Exposition (AGREX). The exposition themed ‘From Soil to Global Markets: Accelerating Nigeria’s Agribusiness Transformation’, is scheduled to hold on July 20 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos. The conference holds

THE Lagos State Government and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have urged investors to explore the huge opportunities in its proposed 750 hectares cattle feedlot project in Igbodu, Epe. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs Olatokunbo Emokpae, stated this during a Stakeholders’

A professor of Agricultural Economics and World Bank Consultant, Foluso Okunmadewa, has stressed the need to integrate farm gate as a core component of agricultural development policy in the country. Okunmadewa who stated this during the 10th Distinguished lecture series of Joseph Ayo Babalola University  (JABU) titled “Nigeria Agriculture and the Economy- unlock the farm

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has alerted the general public about the outbreak of Anthrax in neighbouring countries within the West African sub-region, specifically in Northern Ghana bordering Burkina Faso and Togo. The disease, which has claimed some lives, is a bacterial disease that affects both animals and humans, known as a

OYO State governor, Seyi Makinde, last Saturday, carried out an on-the-spot-assessment of Fashola Farm Estate, Oyo Sugarcane Processor Limited and Iseyin-Ogbomoso-Fapote Road in Oyo town and Iseyin respectively. The five-hour inspection tour was led by the Director-General of Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency  (OYSADA), Dr. Debo Akande. While speaking with journalists shortly after the tour

The Netherlands consulate in Lagos and AFEX commodities exchange has partnered to boost agricultural commodities exports from Nigeria to the Netherlands. This was revealed at a roundtable discussion on Thursday where stakeholders in the agric and trade sector focused on scaling existing trade and resolving bottlenecks. “As the fastest growing company on the African continent,

High costs of fertilizer, seeds, herbicides, and pesticides are pushing farmers in Africa’s most populous country to the brink, forcing many to now reduce their cultivation areas. The sector is seeing profits harmed by rise in major inputs with insecurity and climate change making it even harder for many farmers to make profit, thus casting