Agriculture

From Tunde Oyekola, Ilorin The Kwara State Government is to set up a task force to checkmate illegal tree felling as well as the production, transportation and sale of charcoal in the State. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed made this known on Monday when he signed into law an …

By James Anaana   The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread of cassava threatening cassava production in Southeast Asia-a region that accounts for about 55 million tons of cassava and host billions of dollars in cassava investment. Extensive …

Edo, Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara are amongst the first batch of states that have agreed to set up cattle ranches as the federal government moves to end the herdsmen and farmers conflict that has led to the death of hundreds of people and …

The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country.

The federal government to restructure  the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), will see Farmers  own up to 30 per cent of the shares the Bank following a plan by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) that will  see branches  opened in each of the 774 local government areas in the country. The Federal Ministry of …

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said is to invest $120 million in the next three years to boost cassava production and transform eight other commodities. AfDB’s Director of Agriculture, Dr Martin Fregene, made the remark at the ongoing conference on Global Cassava Partnerships (GCP) for the 21st Century in Cotonou, …

The Senate on Wednesday asked the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, to withdraw call for ban of anti-grazing laws in Benue and Taraba states. This followed a Point of Order by Sen. Barnabas Gemade (APC-Benue North East) on the floor of the Senate. He urged the Red Chamber to ask …

By Catherine Agbo, Illinois Farmers across the world have called on governments and other relevant stakeholders, particularly the European Union, to accept and allow them access to modern biotechnology in the quest for improved and sustained food production. This was contained in a declaration at the end of a five-day …

Mary Boote, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Farmer Network, speaks on the work her organisation is doing to give farmers access to opportunities that exist in agriculture and provide them platforms to share their stories, victories and challenges. Boote spoke to DAILY ASSET’s Executive Editor, Catherine Agbo, on the …

The Presidency has advised state governors and others opposed to the bill on water resources, sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari, to express their opposition to the bill through the National Assembly. The bill, seeking to concentrate the control of water resources in the hands of the Federal …