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LASG To Provide Intervention Fund For Artisanal Fisheries Value Chain
The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to partner with a commercial bank for intervention in the fisheries value chain to enhance living standards in the artisanal fishing communities of the State.
The State Commissioner…
SEAFOOD FESTIVAL: Lagos Decries Over 226,000 Metric Tonnes Fish Deficit
The Lagos State Government has promised to increase its fish production by at least 60,000 metric tonnes to bridge the huge demand-deficit in the State.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, stated this on Thursday in…
Delta Govt Empowers Farmers To Boost Agriculture
In line with Delta State efforts to improve the status of farmers through empowerment and provision of farm inputs, the Delta State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources through the Tree Crop Unit has embarked on training of 700…
LASG Tasks Youth Farmers To Become World Class Agripreneurs
The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya has charged the 100 graduands of the State Agripreneurship Programme, comprising women and youths, to be committed to the attainment of the Government’s food security goal.…
LASG Sets To Establish Butchery Academy
The Lagos State Government says it will establish a butchers’ academy in order to train new and existing butchers in global best practices on slaughtering in the red meat value chain in the State.
The State Commissioner for Agriculture,…
DRY SEASON FARMING: Rural Farmers Get Agric Inputs From Enugu Govt
The Enugu State Government has distributed quality agricultural inputs for dry season farming to two thousand poor and vulnerable farmers in the rural areas, under the World Bank-Assisted CARES Programme.
Speaking during flag-off of the…
Sokoto Govt Breaks Ground For $13m Fertilizer Plant, Pledges 100% ROI
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday , laid the foundation for the construction of a $13 million fertilizer blending plant by OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Limited in an industrial layout in the outskirts of the…
Kwara, NCAM Ink MoU On Agro-Processing , Move To Establish Cottage Industries
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Kwara State Government and National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) on processing of agricultural produce across…
LASG Reiterated Support For Farmers To Boost Food Production
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Agricultural Inputs Supply Authority (LAISA), has reiterated its commitment to providing all necessary support to farmers as part of efforts to boost food production in the State.
The…
FLOODING: Tambuwal Inaugurates High-Powered C’ttee On Dry Season Farming
Against the backdrop of the perennial flooding that ravaged many parts of Sokoto state and the pledges he made to that effect that a robust dry season farming scheme would be executed to cushion the effects, the state governor, Aminu Waziri…