By Aluta News Aug 31, 2021 Kwara government has tasked livestock farmers and stakeholders in poultry business in the state on improved bio-security network in their farms. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Yisa Gideon, gave the charge in a statement issued by Director of Veterinary Service in theContinue Reading
By Aluta Aug 31, 2021 The Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) says Nigeria is the largest egg producer in Africa, with annual production of 650 tonnes. It also said Nigeria’s poultry population of 180 million birds is the second largest in Africa. Prof. Eustace Iyayi, the Registrar of theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 29, 2021 Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has lauded the proposed National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) scheme in the state, noting that it would provide employment for 3,000 youths in crop farming, animal husbandry. Gov. Bello made this known when he received a delegationContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 8, 2021 The Kano state government has said that 1.2 million farmers would benefit from the State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), an Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) supported project. The state Deputy Governor, Dr Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 5, 2021 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday stressed the need for youths to be actively engaged in agricultural business to enhance jobs creation, poverty alleviation and the desired national development. Obasanjo, made the assertions in Iseyin, in Iseyin Local Government area of Oyo State, atContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 28, 2021 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has released the sum of N756.51 billion to 3,734,938 small holder farmers, cultivating 4.6 million hectares of land, to boost the Federal Government’s food security initiative. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, made this known whileContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 23, 2021 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has called on the world’s richest countries to invest more on sustainable living, to ensure food security for the world’s growing population. FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, who made the appeal to G20 (Group of 20) environment ministersContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development Programme (IFAD) -Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) will support 616 farmers with N26 million inputs in the 2021 wet season farming in Niger. Dr Mathew Ahmed, State Coordinator, IFAD-VCDP disclosed this on Friday in Mokwa,Continue Reading
By Aluta News July 10, 2021 The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development says that 600 potato farmers in Niger will benefit from its potato value chain development programme (VCDP) for 2021 farming season. Mr Adegoke Adedamola, Desk Officer, potato VCDP, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja,Continue Reading
By Aluta News July 5, 2021 The Plateau Government said it had reactivated its environmental laws to protect the environment especially from illegal tree felling. The state Commissioner of Environment, Mr Usman Idi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Monday IdiContinue Reading