Tag: farmers
Over 100,000 apply as FG distributes 2,000 tractors
They make a 25 percent down payment and pay 15 percent interest. The programme also provides maintenance support and digital…
Failing EU standards could cost Nigeria billions, warns minister
Commodities must now be traceable, legally produced, and deforestation-free,” Kyari said. “If we fail to adapt, Nigeria could lose over…
Osun farmers laud Adeleke’s governance, seek increased agricultural support
Mr. Bamidele, a dedicated cocoa and cassava farmer in the area, said the government’s assistance would greatly improve farming efficiency.
Beans farmers speak on using cement to preserve produce
Shuaibu added that a safe additive known as “Topstoxin” is sometimes applied in small amounts to stop weevils from destroying…
Tinubu flags off Nigeria’s largest tractor rollout to boost food Production
Kyari explained that the programme also features GPS tracking of equipment, interest-free financing, structured repayment plans, and
Gov. Adeleke denies alleged plot to evict farmers for miners
The farmers raised the alarm following the deployment of some Osun state government officials to towns and villages in the…
Farmers, consumers, commend LASG, as fresh food fair kicks off
Speaking during the fresh food fair, the General Manager of Lagos State Coconut Development Authority, Mr. Dapo Olakulehin, said the…
ISWAP shoots 11 farmers dead in Niger
The incident occurred on Tuesday, at around 6 p.m., when 13 loggers, who set out in search of wood, were…
Farmers decry poor rainfall, insufficient fertilisers
A cross-section of farmers in Gwagwalada and Kwali in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the paucity of rainfall…
Botswana to compensate farmers for animal-caused damage
The Botswanan government will spend millions of pula to compensate farmers that have lost crops due to wild animals, the…
Kogi: Egbe farmers protest against herdsmen
Egbe, a quite agrarian community of about 50,000 inhabitants in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State witnessed a…
UN Women, Standard Bank equip women farmers
Despite complications brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Women and Standard Bank are making progress to equip women farmers…
Why border closure must be sustained – Farmers Association
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has urged Federal Government to sustain its current border closure, saying it would…
Bauchi farmers drop food crops for cash crop cultivation
Report of a survey conducted in Bauchi by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has indicated that farmers in the…
Farmers’ security: NSCDC to deploy 1,500 personnel to farmlands
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it has concluded arrangements to deploy additional 1, 500 personnel under…
Distribution of seedlings to Kogi farmers commences
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of agro-chemicals, seedlings and other farming inputs to farmers in…
Farmers commend Buhari for Emefiele’s reappointment
The South, South Animal and Crops Farmers Association of Nigeria, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for re-appointing Mr Godwin Emefiele…
Gombe farmers decry delay in fertiliser distribution
Some farmers in Gombe have decried the late distribution of subsidised fertilisers and other inputs by the government for the…
Farmers call for protection against Boko Haram
Some farmers in Borno have called for deployment of military and other security personnel to farmlands, to protect them against…
Farmers commend Buhari for re-appointing Emefiele
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says the reappointment of Mr Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
Federal Govt. advises farmers to acquire BoA shares
The Federal Government has appealed to farmers to prepare for the purchase of 40 per cent shares of the newly…
W/Bank to support 10,000 farmers in Kaduna – Official
No fewer than 10,000 small holder farmers in Kaduna State are to benefit from the World Bank Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement…
Food production: FCT farmers appeal for loans
Some commercial farmers in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the Federal Government to assist farmers with credit facilities…
Federal Govt distributes 300 rice mills to farmers, millers
The Federal Government says it has distributed no fewer than 300 rice mills to farmers and millers in different states…
Early rains: Expert cautions Enugu farmers against planting of seedlings
Mr Chijioke Egbo, the Desk Officer of Oil Palm Seedlings, Enugu state Ministry of Agriculture, on Tuesday cautioned farmers against…
12,000 Indian farmers commit suicide
About 12,000 farmers in India’s southwestern state of Maharashtra committed suicide between 2015 and 2018, a 91-percent jump compared with…
2018: Victims Support Fund supports 2,300 Adamawa farmers
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) says no fewer than 2,300 farmers in Adamawa have benefitted from its distribution agricultural inputs…
Govt will use tariffs, quotas to protect farmers after Brexit – Gove
The British government will use tools including tariffs and quotas to make sure its farmers are not left at a…
Stopping the Clashes Between Farmers and Cattle Breeders
By Sulaiman Ajibade Although natural resource conflicts were common in the early 1990s, violent fatalities between farmers and cattle rearers…
Buhari’s re-election boosted as Farmers donate N1.7bn
The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari has received a boost as Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria and the Fertilisers…