In a bid to improve the rate of unemployment in the country and aid farmers make bountiful harvest, farmers have partnered with the FG to provide equipment that will aid agriculture in rural areas. PUNCH reports, Farmers under the aegis of Food Growers Association of Nigeria on Monday announced their partnership with the Federal Government […]
The Federal Government in a bid to mitigate & cushion the impact of Covid 19 especially on farmers, has developed an insurance scheme to protect farmers from experiencing terrible losses during the planting season. PUNCH reports, The Federal Government through the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending has developed an insurance scheme designed […]
The Federal Government says it has begun distribution of seeds and inputs to farmers in Cross River, to encourage agricultural activities. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, inaugurated the distribution of palliative incentives to farmers in Calabar, Cross River. The minister in a statement by the Director of Information, Mr Theodore Ogaziechi, […]
A number of 550 farmers from five local government areas of Gombe State have benefitted from the Federal Government’s seed palliative. Dr Joseph Hussaini, Director Technical Services, Gombe State Agricultural Development Programme (GADP), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Wednesday. Hussaini said that the palliative was […]
The federal government has launched the Agriculture for Food and Job Plan (AFJP) programme targeted at about 1,100,000 smallholder farmers across the country. AFJP is expected to create between five million and 10 million jobs in 12 months and also mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic by creating more access to food production, processing […]
Like other types of farming, the aquatic sector or fish farming urgently requires the attention of stakeholders to save it from total collapse. The fear in the sector now is that unless something urgent is done to salvage the situation, it will be difficult for the farmers to meet the huge local demand in the […]
The round up figure disbursed to farmers under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme from inception in 2009 rose to N635.39bn as of the end of March 2020. The Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed this in its “Economic report for the first quarter of 2020 on agriculture,” which was obtained on Wednesday. The report reads, “At […]
Lagos State Government says 2,743 farmers and other agriculture value chain operators will receive inputs and productive assets support. The farmers would be supported under its 2020 Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme on July 28. The Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya made this known in a statement, on Tuesday in Lagos. Olusanya said […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced plans to engage 370,000 youths in agriculture production through its Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme. The announcement was made in CBN’s‘Non interest guidelines for the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme’, which was released on Tuesday. “The objective of the programme is to engage a minimum of 370,000 youths in agricultural […]
The Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project has commenced the distribution of farm inputs to 10,000 farmers in Kaduna State. The Project Coordinator, Dr Yahaya-Aminu Abdulhadi, made this known during the delivery of the farm inputs to farmers’ cooperatives at Biye, Giwa Local Government on Thursday. Abdulhadi said that the intervention […]
