Tag: farmers
Kebbi to distribute 300 tractors, 250 harvesters to farmers
The Kebbi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Garba Dandiga says the State Government plans to distribute 300 tractors and 250…
Farmers advised to prioritise intake of balanced diet
An expert in nutrition, Mrs Jumoke Akinkuotu, has advised farmers to make intake of adequate and balanced diet their priority.
Climate change: Farmers advised against early planting
Prof. Charles Igwe, of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has advised farmers not to rush into…
Nigerian Govt urged to provide improved seedlings for smallholder farmers
Mr Williams Ozase, President, Promotion for the Human Rights, an NGO, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to provide improved…
Food security: Nasarawa farmers advocates increase in funding
Farmers in Nasarawa State have called on the State Government to increase its funding to agriculture to achieve food sufficiency…
How to end violent clashes between farmers and herdsmen
Following the tragic killing of 73 people during the violent attack on Logo and Guma in Benue State January 1,…
Kaduna dry port will boost agricultural exports – Farmers
Some farmers in Zaria, Kaduna State, have commended the Federal Government for the construction of an inland dry port in…
Use dry ports to access Int’l markets, Shippers advise farmers
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) Mr Hassan Bello, on Wednesday advised farmers to explore the availability…
Catfish farmers lament high cost of feeds amidst falling fish price
Catfish farmers in Lagos are rattled by the paradox of spontaneous hike in the price of fish feed and falling…
Minister assures farmers of supply of quality seeds
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu. Ogbeh, says the ministry is working with the Nigeria Security and…
Recession exit: Farmers commended, urged to reduce prices of food items
The Federal Government has commended farmers across the country for their contribution toward exiting the country from recession. The News…
Farmers Want FG To Suspend Importation Of Maize
The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to set a timeline to ban the…
Why yam is costly in market – Farmers
Most yam farmers and sellers in Benin have observed that the cost of the produce is not connected with the…
Association to establish inputs shopping centres in Kano
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Kano State is to establish inputs shopping centres in all the 44…
Taraba distributes cassava stems to farmers
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba has said that the state government had distributed five million improved cassava stems to farmers…
Katsina Govt To Train 8,000 Farmers
Katsina state government has concluded plans to train 8,000 farmers across the 34 local government areas of the state on…
Foreign Firms Urged To Invest In Agric Sector
The African Young Farmers Association (AYFA) has called on foreign companies and multinationals to invest in the country’s agricultural sector…
Former president urges banks to lower interest rates for farmers
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday urged commercial banks to lower their interest rates to enable farmers access loans for…
Herdsmen, farmer clash leave 37 dead in Kaduna
Tragedy struck again in Kaduna State on Tuesday as 37 people were reported killed in Kajuru Local Government Area of…
Borno government distributes farming inputs to farmers
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Friday distributed fertilisers and other farming inputs to 5,000 rice farmers for this cropping…
Farmers urged to key into yam export initiative
The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) Farmers’ Cooperatives in Lagos State has called on farmers to key…
Farmers accused of culpable homicide discharged by court
A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi on Monday discharged and acquitted six farmers accused of killing one Buhari…
State procures 110,000 metric tons of fertilizer for farmers
The Katsina State Government said it had purchased 110, 000 metric tons of fertilizer for distribution to farmers during the…
Farmers Get 400,000 Bags Of Fertiliser From Govt
The Kano State Government says it will supply 400,000 bags of fertiliser to farmers to enable them to record bumper…
Katsina Firstlady To Empower 50 Women Farmers
The Wife of the Katsina State governor, Hajiya Zakiya Masari, on Wednesday, said that 50 women farmers in Tsabo village…
Acting President urges incentives for farmers
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Acting President, on Thursday said it was very important to give local farmers incentives to be…
20 farmers shot dead by herdsmen
Nigerian herdsmen armed with guns killed 20 farmers and injured eight other people in a mosque in Niger state over…
FG urged to sustain fertilizer initiative
Some farmers in Kaduna State have appealed to the Federal Government to sustain the “Presidential Fertilizer Initiative” which had crashed…
15 dead in Farmers, herdsmen’s clash in Taraba
A violent clash between farmers and cattle rearers in Ussa and Takum Council areas of Taraba has left at least…
Farmers already repaying anchor borrowers loan – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria said that farmers have commenced the repayment of the N33.4 billion loan given to them…