ShareBy Aluta News Oct. 27, 2022 The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says the Federal Government is working with the Nigeria Custom Service and other agencies to stop smuggling of food out of Nigeria. Abubakar made this known during a working visit to the National HorticulturalContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 22, 2022 The Federal Government says a number of factors beyond its control led to the current situation in which the cost of fertiliser increased to between 110 and 150 per cent. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at a mediaContinue Reading
Share By Bridget Ikyado The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in Benue State for the 2023 general elections, Rev Fr Dr Hyacinth Iormem Alia has distributed packs of fertilizer to some members of selected support groups to enable them boost their farm yields. This is containedContinue Reading
Share Onyeje Abutu-Joel Aiivon Innovation Hub in partnership with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has called for application from women and youths the ages of 18 to 35 to participate in the Agribusiness Innovation Challenge in Benue. Aiivon made the call on Friday during the media launch of theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 27, 2022 The Federal Government has distributed 8,228 bags of grain to poor and vulnerable persons in Gombe State. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ali Isah-Pantami, said this at the inauguration of the food distribution exercise on Saturday in Gombe. He said the gestureContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved N13,000 as the official price for NPK fertilizer for the 2022 cropping season. In a speech at the launch of the commodity on Monday in Damaturu, Buni warned that the commodity should be sold to farmersContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 28, 2022 The Federal Government on Tuesday said it was targeting 1.6 billion liters of milk per annum for self-sufficiency in livestock products and animal protein needs. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this while inaugurating the National Pasture Development ProgrammeContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 15, 2022 Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra State on Wednesday said coconut and palm economy would be a major game changer in terms of diversification of sources of foreign exchange in the state. Soludo made the statement at the inauguration of the state 2022 Farming SeasonContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 14, 2022 The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has called on stakeholders in the aluminum roofing sheet sector to adhere strictly to standard quality parameters during production. The Director-General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, made the call in Owerri during a sensitisation programme, organised for stakeholdersContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 24, 2022 Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Tuesday flagged off the sale of 20,700 bags of NPK fertiliser at the subsidised rate of N10,000 per 50kg bag to farmers in the state for the 2022 farming season. Speaking at the event in Lafia, theContinue Reading
