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FG to distribute 200 rice milling machines to farmers – AFAN
Mr Roland Brown, the Chairman of the Rivers chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has applauded the Federal…
Farmers To Be Involved In Formulating Agricultural Policies
Dr Yakubu Ugwolawo, President, National Agricultural Production Cooperative Union of Nigeria (NAPCUN), on Monday, advised government authorities to involve farmers…
IITA To Set Up ICT For Farmers
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it will soon set up an Information Technology Centre to enable farmers…
Herdsmen/Farmers clash: Police hold Security Summit
The Nigeria Police Force says it has fixed May 8 and May 9 for the National Security Summit on Famers/Herdsmen…
FG to hold national conference in June to end farmers-herdsmen clashes
The Federal Government says it will hold a national conference to discuss and proffer solutions to farmers/herdsmen clashes currently ravaging…
CBN to empower 20,000 farmers in 2017
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will empower 20,000 farmers in Enugu State in 2017 under its Anchor…
State CADP distributes input worth N811m to farmers
The Kaduna State Commercial Agricultural Development Projects (CADP) has disbursed N811.6 million to 3,401 farmers’ groups to finance their agribusinesses.
FCMB: NGO Secures N10bn Loan For Young Farmers
United Young Farmers Forum (UYFF) has secured a loan of N10 billion from First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to empower…
State police command initiates measures to end farmers/herdsmen clashes
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade, said on Thursday that the command had developed a template to…
Govt. procures 3, 000 metric tons of fertilisers for farmers
The Akwa Ibom Government says it has procured 3, 000 metric tons of fertilisers for farmers in the state for…
Anambra farmers get 150 tractors from govt
The Anambra Government said on Thursday it had provided 150 functional tractors to aid farmers in cultivating their land in…
Enugu State records increase in rice production
Mr Ikechukwu Jude, the Project Coordinator of FADAMA III Additional Financing project in Enugu State, says farmers in the state…
Rain pattern: Farmers optimistic of bumper harvest
Some farmers in Lagos on Tuesday expressed optimism that there would be bumper harvest in 2017 in view of early…
Sandamu LG says 500 farmers benefit from N10m loan
Sandamu Local Government Council in Katsina State says that 500 dry-season farmers have benefited from a N10 million loan, initiated…
North-East farmers expect bumper harvest—FAO
Farmers in North-Eastern Nigeria, supported by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) say they are looking forward to a bumper…
FG should provide land for dry season -Farmer
Chief Silvanus Ejezie, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Delta chapter, has called on the State Government to provide…
Kwara farmers bemoan herdsmen menace
Some farmers in Kwara say the menace of herdsmen on their farms are destroying farm produces and causing economic loss.…
Police refute herdsmen, farmers clash in Delta
The Nigeria Police Command in Delta has refuted the clash between herdsmen and farmers in the state. The command’s spokesman,…
Farmers turnout en masse for 2017 Hajj
Imam Hussaini Tsoho-Ikara, acting Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says farmers are turning out in large number…
Farmers, herdsmen tasked on peaceful co-existence
The Village Head of Odu in Nasarawa state, Mr. Oberre Ewa, has appealed to farmers and herdsmen in the state…
Bee farmers urge FG to support beekeeping business
Women in bee farming (apiculture) have appealed to government at all levels to encourage and support bee farming to attract…
Food: Maku preaches peaches between farmers, herdsmen
Former Minister of Information Labaran Maku has urged farmers, herdsmen and other Nigerians to embrace peace in order to achieve…
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18 farmers hacked to death in Taraba
At least 18 farmers are believed to have been hacked to death by unknown assailants at Dan-anacha in Gassol Local…
Kebbi Govt urges farmers to repay agric loans
The Kebbi State Government has called on the farmers who benefited from the CBN Anchor Borrowers’ agricultural loan programme to…
FG to end farmers, herdsmen conflict
The Federal Government has set up a 16-member technical committee to develop a roadmap and find a lasting solution to…
Herdsmen, farmers pledge peaceful co-existence in Kaduna
Farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Afana District of Bajju Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State have…
Farmers, residents decry robberies in Nasarawa
Some farmers and residents in Nasarawa on Friday called for 24 hours police patrol in order to checkmate incessant robberies…
Micro-finance bank disburses N75m loan to farmers
The Dutse Micro-Finance Bank (DMFB) has disbursed N75 million loan to farmers in Dutse Emirate Council. Alhaji Safiyanu Sulaiman, Managing…
Benue farmers seek govt’s help to regain lost farms
Farmers in Ayiin, Logo Local Government Area of Benue have appealed for the state government’s support in regaining their farms…
Sokoto govt. gets N4bn loan for farmers
Alhaji Nagwari Tambuwal, Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said the State Government had accessed N4billion loan for…