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Korean Engineers, Farmers In Yenagoa To install Rice Mills, Train Agric Ministry Staff
Four Korean engineers and farmers are in Bayelsa State to train engineers and staff of the State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources on the technical operations of the new rice mills donated by the South Korean…
Agricultural Revolution: Bayelsa Takes Possession Of 4 Rice Mills From South Korea
Bayelsa State Government has disclosed plans to mobilise for massive rice production with the four new rice mills received from the Korean Government.
This , the government revealed was announced as part of…
AGRIBUSINESS : FG Signs MOU With Brazil To Boost Farming In 774 Local Government Area
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) of Brazil, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance private sector development in…
Lagos Signs MoU With Chinese Company On Rice Value Chain Production
Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese food processing company, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Limited, to increase productivity in the rice value chain and enhance food security in the State.…
Ogun Joins Rice-Producing States As Abiodun Flags Off Harvest Of 200-Hectare Plantation
Ogun State has joined the league of rice-producing states in the country with the flagging off of the harvest of 200 hectares of farmland at Magboro Rice Farm in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
The farm is the…
FOOD SUFFICIENCY: Southern Governors’ Forum Set To Promote Regional Trade
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Thursday said southern states have decided to promote inter-state and inter-region trade to foster food security and sufficiency.
The governor also disclosed that Ogun State has decided to…
Tinubu Appoints Ex- INEC Boss Jega To Co- Chair Implementation C’ttee Of Livestock Reforms
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity and open up new opportunities which benefit farmers, herders,…
FOOD SECURITY: A’Ibom Partners Blackrock Farms To Scale Up Production
In furtherance of the food sufficiency agenda of the State government as contained in the ARISE Agenda, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has disclosed his administration's intention to partner with Blackrock Farms in Nsit Ibom Local…
FOOD SECURITY: Ogun Allocates Farmlands To State Lawmakers
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, allocated farmlands to 26 members of the state House of Assembly as parts of efforts aimed at ensuring food security and in support of the agricultural resurgence initiative of the…
WACTAF Set To Float Vocational Training Centres Across W/Africa To Boost Agriculture
By Roland Ekama
The West African Association for Cross-Border Trade in Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral and Fisheries Food Products (AOCTAH/WACTAF) has expressed committed to strengthening skills and knowledge in the agricultural field across the sub…