Agriculture

Strategies for stress-free economic growth The economy places a lot of emphasis on ways to alleviate problems, even though working, using resources, and getting results is necessary. The laborious suffering would not have occurred if economic principles and development predictions were fulfilled. However, the persistent pain and the need to constantly find ways to lessen it necessitate urgent intervention and …

FG Calls on NOPPMAN to Boost Nigeria’s Foreign Exchange with Onion Flakes Production for Exportation The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment, has called on the National Onion Producers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria to start producing onion flakes for exportation, to boost the country’s foreign exchange. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Amb. Nuru …

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: HAJIYA WADADA CONGRATULATES NWAP, LAUDS THEIR COMMITMENTS TO FOOD SECURITY. The Wife of the Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial district who also doubles as the Chairperson, Agriculture Committee of the Tenth Senators Wives forum, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed Aliyu Wadada has Congratulated the Nigerian Wowen for Agricultural Progress,(NWAP) on the Occasion of the International Women’s day Celebration 2024. …

Niger State Governor, Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has advocated that the only way to addressing insecurity and ensuring sustainable development in the Northern Region is a return to Agriculture. The Farmer Governor stated this at the 10th edition of the Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture held in Borno State and organised by the Sir Ahmad Bello Memorial Foundation …

Right food Act: Nigerians Must Not go to Bed on an Empty Stomach Professor Gbolagade Ayoola is an obscure personality among the downtrodden Nigerians, the category of people he has doggedly fought for all his life. If Nigeria is a country that recognizes and celebrates heroes and fighters of human rights, Ayoola would have been the Mahatma Gandhi of Nigeria; …

FECA seeks urgent intervention over escalating land grabbers’ activities   The Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, has called for intervention towards the alarming criminal activities orchestrated by land grabbers, posing a significant threat to the lives of staff and students of the institution. The College’s Provost, Dr Albert Akinyemi Fadiyimu, briefed the press at the College’s International Training Centre, revealing …

Agriculturally, Kano has been a lucky state. Four decades ago, a non-nonsense and visionary Governor, Police commissioner Audu Bako of blessed memory, built a multi-million Naira Tiga dam with a capacity of 1.9 billion cubic meters of water through direct labor. Then, it was the biggest dam in Nigeria. The dam was built to irrigate 64,000 hectares of land and …