Category: AGRICULTURE

The federal government has announced measures to tackle the skyrocketing food prices nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said  the measures would be implemented over the next 180 days. “A 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for food commodities which includes; suspension of duties, tariffs and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities through land and sea borders.” The commodities the government is prioritising to benefit from this include: Maize, Husked Brown Rice, Wheat and Cowpeas. The statement from the minister further noted that “Under this…

1. Niger State 76,363KM² 2. Borno State 70,898KM² 3. Taraba State 54,473KM² 4. Kaduna State 46,053KM² 5. Bauchi State 45,837KM² 6. Yobe State 45,502KM² 7. Zamfara State 39,762KM² 8. Adamawa State 36,917KM² 9. Kwara State 36,825KM² 10. Kebbi State 36,800KM² 11. Benue State 34,059KM² 12. Plateau State 30,913KM² 13. Kogi State 29,833KM² 14. Oyo State 28,454KM² 15. Nasarawa State 27,117KM² 16. Sokoto State 25,973KM² 17. Katsina State 24,192KM² 18. Jigawa State 23,154KM² 19. Cross River State 20,156KM² 20. Kano State 20,131KM² 21. Gombe State 18,768KM² 22. Edo State 17,802KM² 23.…

300 hundred beneficiaries of the fully sponsored training programme in agriculture by the Abia State Government have arrived at CSS Global Farms, Nasarawa State, for the two weeks training. Recall that a few weeks ago, the State Government organised a capacity-building programme for the first batch of the 300 candidates selected for the training. The capacity building programme had in attendance the founder of CSS Global Integrated farms, Prof. John-Kennedy who in a presentation titled: “Agricultural Development and Food Security – the Path to Human and Capital Resources Development”, said…

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation in Enugu State, Dr Patrick Ubru has said that agricultural transformation and innovation drives the state government envisioned GDP growth projection from $4.4 billion to $30 billion. Ubru made this disclosure on Monday in Enugu while declaring open the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase-1 (ATASP-1) Youth in Agribusiness Incubation Training at Trans Ekulu, Enugu. NewsBits learnt that a total of 50 youth incubatees selected from eight participating local governments in Anambra and Enugu, ATASP-1 Adani-Omor Zone coverage area are participating in the 10-day…

By Tony Adibe The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Foundation has planted not less than 70 economic trees in Federal Government College (FGC), Enugu as part of efforts to ensure land restoration in the South-East. The NNPC Foundation tree planting is also part of efforts to nationally sustain the Federal Government Green Initiative and commemorate the World Environment Day (WED) 2024, which is held every June 5. NewsBits reports that the theme for this year’s WED Day is: “Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience”. In a sensitisation to students of…

The federal government has flagged off the distribution of farm inputs to Members of National Agricultural Cooperative Apexes to enhance food security and job creation, amongst others. The Hon. Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, performed the flag-off at the Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) Building, in Abuja recently. He stated that it is a message of Hope that the Cooperative Sector will be reformed, rebranded, and revived, pointing out that the Cooperative laws were obsolete, not updated, and has not taken…

By NewsBits Outstanding Nigerian females in the green economy can win $200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) in grant aid to scale their businesses courtesy of the Climate Gender Equity Fund (CGEF) of the United States Agency for International Development and Amazon. The money comes under the “She Sustains Accelerator Programme” of the Climate Gender Equity Fund (CGEF) to support and empower pioneer climate-focused start-ups and early-stage green businesses through education, mentorship, and financing. There will be 56 winners in all. Nineteen winners each will emerge in the first two cohorts…