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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday said that President Bola Tinubu is very passionate about reducing the cost of fertilizers for Nigerian farmers by fifty percent in a bid to achieve food security in the country. The Vice President stated this at the Fertilizers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria, FEPSAN, stakeholders’ meeting with the […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has stated that over 60,000 Nigerians have been killed as a result of the incessant clashes between herders and farmers. He also lamented that, farmers and herders clashes which were hitherto seen as a regional or a confined conflict have taken a new dimension as it […]
Continue ReadingThe people of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State have said that bandits have killed farmers in the emirate including an Islamic leader, and kidnapped scores as insecurity continued to escalate growing concerns over looming famine. According to the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), ” we sorrowfully mourn the death of the Vice-Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah […]
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Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday approved the release of 312 tractors for allocation to farmers’ cooperatives in each of the 312 wards across Borno’s 27 local government areas. The tractors were given on loan at a 50% discount from the market price. Governor Zulum ordered the releases during a ceremony at the state’s farm […]
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The Ogun State Economic Transformation Project, in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, has launched an integrated digital support platform, the Ogun State Farmer Information Management System, to offer a one-stop resource to farmers and other value chain actors in the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, while speaking during […]
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The African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development has urged rural farmers to embrace climate-smart agricultural practices, to improve their yields and ensure food security in the country. The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer, AUDA- NEPAD Nigeria, Princess Akobundu, gave the advice at a one- week workshop on Climate-Smart Agriculture, organised […]
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As part of its commitment to interrogating the ‘Renewed Hope’ action plan of its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council PCC will on Thursday host a national farmers stakeholders engagement and mobilization summit in Abuja. The event which is organized by the Agro Commodities Directorate of the campaign […]
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