An Area Court in Jos on Friday sentenced two farmers, Samaila Zanko, 24, and Umar Abubakar, 36, to three months in prison each for assault and extortion. The Judge, Mr. Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Zanko and Abubakar after they pleaded guilty to assault and attempted extortion. Bokkos, however, gave each of them an option to pay a fine of N10, 000. Read More
The governor of Kebbi state, Dr. Nasir Idris has waded into the crisis between farmers and Fulani herders in Suru and Koko/Besse local government areas of the state. He stated that dialogue remained the best form of resolving such misunderstanding nationwide. Governor Idris made this clear during a condolence visit to the people of Suru and Koko/Besse local government areas Read More
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has trained farmers in Akwa Ibom state on modern farming techniques ahead of the forthcoming planting season. Blueprint reports that HOMEF trained the farmers on how to formulate organic pesticides and fertiliser locally without addition of chemicals. The organisation noted that the decision to train the farmers was necessitated by the alarming rate Read More
About 15 rural farmers were killed and several others injured when suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked rice farmers working in their farmlands in Kakuri and Koshebe villages in Mafa local government area of Borno state Sunday evening. The insurgents raided rice farms, arrested the farmers and slaughtered them while they were gathering rice and other farm produce on their farmlands. Read More
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has called on the federal government to retain import restrictions on poultry products, saying lifting of restrictions may lead to the collapse of the industry in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) pronounced removal of restriction on FOREX allocation for Poultry products and other items. PAN in a press release signed by National Read More
The Chief Executive Officers Tremma Agro Services Limited/Executive Director PAN-AFRICAN Institute of Agribusiness Management, Rwanda, Dr. Emmanuel Abuhson, has urged organic farmers in Nigeria and Africa to strengthen their collaborative efforts in advocating for funding. Dr. Abuhson, gave the advice while training journalists and other organic farmers on the topic “Innovative Agro Financing: Pathway to National Prosperity,” recently on Journalists-Go Read More
Following the broad spectrum of fungal diseases causing ginger pandemic in Southern part of Kaduna state, the National Ginger Association of Nigeria (NGAN) in collaboration with Non Farmer Initiative (NFI) has empowered 18 farmers with the sum of N50, 000 each. This is just as the 2023 ginger season in Southern Kaduna suffered a serious setback due to the pandemic, Read More
Leadway Assurance, one of Nigeria’s leading insurance companies, and Corporate Farmers, a renowned agricultural promotion organisation, have joined forces to organise an engaging and informative interactive session for farmers in the Southwest region of Nigeria. This collaborative initiative aims to foster relationships and exchange innovative ideas for the growth of the crucial agriculture sector in Nigeria. The interactive session brought Read More
The World Peace Organisation (WPO) has identified the prevailing herders, farmers’ crisis in Nigeria as a serious threat to peaceful co-existence and national cohesion. Its Resident Country Director, Amb. Olumuyiwa Babalola, said this Friday in Abuja at the unveiling and presentation of special advisers with the mandate to assist in the process of peace-building at the federal and local levels Read More
Nigerian farmers on Saturday called on the federal government to provide security, affordable farm inputs like seeds, insecticides, herbicides and fertilisers to boost food production. Mr Kabir Ibrahim, President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, that farmers needed some level of mechanisation. He said insecurity prevented farmers from Read More
As Nigeria marks the National Pasture Planting Days (NPPD), the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Ernest Umakhihe, has stated that pasture planting will ensure all year round fodder availability. This is even as the President, National Association for Livestock Feeds Producers, Processors and Marketers of Nigeria, (NAFLiPPMON), Mal. Muhammad Ali Baba says the livestock feed Read More
As the discussion on fuel subsidy removal and its impact on the Nigerian people continue to dominate the polity, a legal practitioner, Amobi Ferdinand Nwigwe has dolled out different unconventional palliatives he believes would be ideal and enduring to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians if the Federal Government considers adopting them. Amobi said that considering Read More
The Benue State Security Council Friday set up a Sub-Committee headed by the Security Adviser, which has members including the Commissioner of Police, the Director of State Security Services, the Traditional Rulers, NAPTIP, Immigration, and BLGCA to identify the heads of the Fulani Herders and report back to the Security Council in three weeks. Briefing newsmen after the security meeting Read More
It’s not a good time for farmers in Amechi Uwani whose farm plots are being converted into a car park for the burial of wife to former Senate president. CHUKS NWEZE reports. Today, many farmers in Amechi-Uwani, Enugu South local government area of Enugu state are in mournful mood, Blueprint investigation reveals. The reason being that farmers as well as Read More
A crocodile farmer in northern Cambodia has been torn to pieces by about 40 of the reptiles after falling into their enclosure, local police say. Luan Nam, aged 72, tried to move one of the egg-laying animals out of its cage when it grabbed his stick in its mouth, pulling him in, police said. “Other crocodiles pounced, attacking him until Read More
The federal government has commenced the recapitalization of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) with the sum of N65 billion and it is expected to rise to N250 billion. This, the government says, is to support farmers towards value chain development for food security. The sum of N5 billion has already been set aside as loan by the bank to support Read More
The Nigerian Agribusiness Group (NABG) has stated that unsustainable farming practices such as bush burning, high levels of post-harvest losses, and long turnaround stand due to the lack of infrastructure to remove farm produce “are major contributors to emissions that cause climate change.” NABG’s director-general, Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari, stated this Friday at a two-day training for women, youths and Read More
It is no longer news that the Nigeria poultry industry is in the midst of a crisis which has forced a crippling glut- that has knocked not a few farmers sideways. To all intents and purposes, it has been gored and bloodied by the sharp spear of the botched currency redesign policy that precipitated a cash crunch. Recently, I couldn’t Read More
Everything is being done to devise a permanent solution to farmers’ herders’ clashes in the country. ELEOJO IDACHABA reports on the unique effort by the Kano state government in that regard. For years, Nigerians have lived with communal crises in many parts of the country. For instance, Nigerians could remember the Ife/Modakeke crisis, Aguleri crisis in Anambra state, Azumini/Iwukem crisis Read More
Small-Scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) has called on the FCT Administration to explore extant credit options facilities and secure credit for the State farmers particularly by exploring and evaluating the myriad of credit scheme options established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Assistant Secretary, FCT SWOFON, Chigioke Peace at the State Level Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on Read More
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has trained farmers in Akwa Ibom on ways to develop their products to match global standards and marketability. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Mr. Olawale Fasanya, made the disclosure during a 2-day capacity building programme on Products and Marketing Enhancement Scheme (PAMES) for farmers, Friday in Uyo. Fasanya, represented by Mrs. Read More
There are many factors that can contribute to high yield and agricultural cultivation. A crucial one is the role played by farmers’ indigenous knowledge in crop production. The piece of information was given by the 71st Inaugural Lecturer of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State and a former Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ololade Enikuomehin, who Read More
The Managing Director Global Shea Alliance, Mr. Aron Adu, has urged West African farmers to look inwards and embrace new technologies to advance the agricultural sector especially in the production of shea products and its benefits to humanity to compete internationally. According to the MD, who stated this at the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) Project closing workshop in Abuja, Read More
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has reechoed African Leaders’ call for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change. The announcement was made by Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). For many regions, climate Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has promised to further strengthen its partnership with the Nigerian Federal Government to help farmers build more resilience to manage the various risk factors plaguing the Agricultural Sector rather than managing disasters to shocks arising from agricultural disasters. The move came as the country continued to grapple with food insecurity Read More
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