Category: AGRICULTURE

By NewsBits The Enugu State government has acquired additional 200 hectares of land for the cultivation of cassava in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Mr Patrick Ubru disclosed this during an inspection tour of cassava farmlands in Amagunze, Nkanu East Local Government Council. Mr. Ubru, who was accompanied by the Chairman of Nkanu East LGA, Hon. Sydney Okechukwu Edeh, expressed delight over the fertility of lands for the cultivation of a variety of crops in the area, saying the state…

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Government said it has acquired 500 hectares of lands in Uhuezeoke, Okpanku in Aninri Local Government Area of the state to support the bioethanol value chain development in the state. The lands were donated by the community. NewsBits recalls that the State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah had in June disclosed the government’s interest in partnering with the federal government to cultivate over 100,000 hectares of land to boost cassava production for export and create jobs for youths. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Mr.…

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Federal government to reduce agriculture interest loan to single digit to help transform the agribusiness. Obansanjo made the call on Friday in Abuja at the Launch of Youths in Agribusiness project with the theme, “Enabling Scaling of Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Food Solutions.’’ He said that if youths had to go to bank to borrow money at the rate of 20 per cent interest rate, it would be difficult for them to succeed in agric business. The former president appealed to the Federal…

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Community Stakeholders, Others Call On Imo Govt, Security Agencies, To Come To Rescue Obvious tension is currently in Agwa town in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State as persons suspected to be herdsmen have killed one Emeka Nnorom, an okada rider. The incident, which happened last weekend followed a fresh invasion of the community by the suspects, who have occupied parts of the community. The herdsmen were said to have been operating in some parts of the clan, particularly Umuekpu Village since the past four years, destroying their crops…

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Cattles contesting with motorists on the road in Wuye, Abuja These are two different scenes in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city as captured by our camera man. He took one shot in a place called Wuye, and the other one in Asokoro both high-brow areas of Abuja. What else can we say? Cattles being led by a herder on a free way on Asokoro area of Abuja

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP) in collaboration with Southfield International have registered and trained not less than 400 farmers from various agricultural value chains in the state. NewsBits reports that the occasion witnessed the registration of farmers in various value chains and the distribution of free organic agro products worth millions of Naira to three selected farmers from each of the eleven communities in Awgu Local Government Area. The Programme Manager of ENADEP, Dr Ogbonna Onyeisi made the disclosure during the flagg-off of the farmers’…

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP) and the farmers associations in the state have planned measures to boost agricultural production in the state. The Programme Manager of ENADEP, Dr Ogbonna Onyeisi said this in an interactive session with the farmers at the ENADEP Headquarter, on Friday in Enugu. Dr Onyeisi said that it was important for ENEDEP to have cordial relationship with farmers in the state. He explained that such a cordial relations will help the farmers to speak with one voice in their advocacy for…

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By Tony Adibe The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, and Rural Development (FMARD), has begun the training of 50 Agric Extension workers on Extension tools, methodologies and selected Agricultural value chain in Enugu State. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar in his address during the opening ceremony of the 3-day training of Extension agents in Enugu, disclosed that the training was one of the ministries plans to address the drift in the Agricultural Extension system with an aim of pursuing the…

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