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Post-harvest losses in fruits, vegetables in Nigeria hits 40% – Horticulturist

Fruits used for illustration purpose A Horticulturist, Mrs Oluwafolakemi Omidiwura, says Nigeria loses up to 40 per cent of its fruits and vegetables to post-harvest...

Food Security:Commodity Boards On the Way

        After over four decades of its scrapping ,the federal government says it plans to set up a commodity board to regulate the soaring prices of...

Agric takes centre stage as Tinubu campaigns  in Kebbi 

  …Promises  revive Argungu Fishing Festival The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised the...

Opportunities exist in agricultural sector for serious enterpreneurs – Ighodalo

  Chairman of the board of Sterling Bank Plc, Asue Ighodalo, has said there are massive opportunities in the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy for those...

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Food Sufficiency: Okowa calls for more investment in agriculture

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called for more investments in agricultural development to curb rising food insufficiency in Nigeria. Uzodimma inaugurates University...

Uzodimma: Easter offers us opportunity to rethink essence of our humanity

Uzodimma inaugurates University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo and Ben Uwajumogu College of Education Ihitte Uboma boards 

The Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma on Friday tasked the board members of two tertiary institutions in the State – University of Agriculture and...

Agriculture has made impact on our lives – Emefiele

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele has expressed satisfaction with the level of interests in agriculture and tremendous impacts which the...

Nigeria spent N1.3tn on agriculture imports in six months – NBS

A report by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown that Nigeria spent N1.3trillion on agricultural imports for the first six months of this year. n This figure is...

Embrace agriculture to create jobs, end unemployment, Obasanjo charges youths

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday stressed the need for youths to be actively engaged in agricultural business to enhance jobs creation,...

Kwara begins digital census of farmers, agric value chain

▪︎ Says census, key to agricultural transformation plan Kwara State Government on Monday identified farmers’ census through digitisation of agricultural value...