Tag: farmers
Farmers call for subsidised farm inputs, soft loans
Some farmers in the South South zone of the country have urged the Federal and State governments to assist them…
Find solutions to farmers/herdsmen crisis, Buhari tells governors
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged state governors to find lasting solutions to the persistent cases of farmers/herdsmen crisis in the…
Akwa Ibom: Community leader calls for peace between farmers, herdsmen
The Head of Hausa Community in Akwa Ibom, Alhaji Hassan Sadauki, has called for peaceful coexistence between the herdsmen and…
Ekiti farmers appeal to Buhari for assistance
Farmers in Ekiti State have expressed their worries over the delay in getting assistance from the Federal Government to develop…
FG to hold town hall meeting for herdsmen, farmers
herdsmen Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Wednesday said the Federal Government would hold a town hall meeting between…
Lawmaker advises farmers, herdsmen to sheathe sword
Alhaji Mohammed Udege-Ukpoku (APC-Udege/Loko) Nasarawa state constituency, on Friday charged farmers and herdsmen in the area to sheathe their swords…
BOSCH, UNIDO hold stakeholders consultative forum
In many developing countries, food loss is largely caused by poor transportation and little to no storage. This is a…
IFAD empowers 221,751 farmers in Edo
Peter Aikhuomobhogbe, Coordinator International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said on Sunday that the programme had empowered 221,751 farmers in…
Farmers told to access CBN intervention fund
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Lagos on Friday advised members to develop agri-business proposals to access the…
Provide credit facilities to farmers, Okowa urges financial institutions
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has challenged financial institutions to introduce robust credit policies on agriculture with…
Kebbi farmers lose crops worth N3bn to flood
The Secretary, Kebbi chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Muhammad Idris, said on Friday that 45,000…
FG moves to end EU ban on beans exportation
The Federal Government has begun to put in place measures to ensure that the European Union (EU) lifts the suspension…
NIFOR warns against adulteration of palm oil
Dr Celestine Ikuenobe, Director of Research, Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), has warned against adulteration of palm oil.…
Group to Buhari: End farmers,herdmen clashes
A youth organisation, Concerned Taraba Tiv Youth Frontier, on Saturday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step up efforts in…
Foundation Empowers Farmers
Daniels Ekugo In line with its commitment to alleviate poverty among smallholder farmers across rural communities in the country, British…
Farmers urge FG to continue e-wallet system
The President Etche Farmers Cooperative Union, Godwin Akandu, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to continue with the e-wallet system…
Kogi distributes N23.2bn loan to 145,000 farmers
The Kogi State Government says it has begun the distribution of N23.2 billion loan and grants to 145,000 farmers in…
Farmers to Buhari: Relax credit access rules to boost food production
Stakeholders in agriculture sector have appealed to the Federal Government to relax what they called stringent rules in accessing credit…
Nyako donates maize seedlings to 30, 000 Adamawa farmers
Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako of Adamawa Central Senatorial District, has donated improved maize seedlings to be distributed among 30,000 farmers in…
N100,000 loan not enough, farmers tell govt
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Kogi chapter, on Saturday said the N100, 000 loan grant to farmers by the…
Helping Farmers Earn Money Through Training
By Prince Arinze Onebunne Inadequate regional food supplies, diminishing quality of health, and increasing environmental deterioration are the three key…
FG earmarks N50bn to purchase tractors for farmers
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had earmarked N50 billion for the purchase of tractors for distribution to farmers…
I’ll empower ‘real farmers’ in Kano, says Ganduje
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate in Kano State, has pledged to take inventory of genuine farmers in the state…
Kogi moves to stop Fulani herdsmen, communities clash
Kogi State Government said on Tuesday that steps were being taken to address the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and…
LG boss wants peace between farmers, herdsmen in Jigawa
Alhaji Mahmud Matafari, the Chairman, Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa on Sunday, appealed to farmers and herdsmen in the…
Police arrest 2 after farmers, herdsmen clash
The Police in Jigawa on Saturday arrested two suspects for involving in farmers-herdsmen clash in Guri Local Government Area of…
Delta farmers appeal for rehabilitation of cassava mills
Cassava farmers in Delta have appealed to the state government to rehabilitate the three abandoned cassava mills established by Governor…
Gov. Aliyu seeks peaceful harmony of herdsmen, farmers
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Thursday called for mutual understanding and harmonious co-existence between herdsmen and farmers in the…
Zamfara plans N1bn loan for farmers
Zamfara Government plans to access N1 billion loan to be disbursed to farmers to boost food production in the state,…
Seven dead in farmers, herdsmen clash in Taraba
The Taraba police command on Sunday confirmed that seven persons lost their lives in fresh clashes between farmers and cattle…