Tag: farmers
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…