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Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated the two-day workshop on Pastoralism in Jammu Kashmir, today. In his address on the occasion, the Lt Governor commended the endeavour of Tribal Affairs Department J&K and Regional IYRP Support Group of South Asia (RISG-SA) for organizing the workshop to deliberate the issues, challenges, resilient livelihoods and sustainable development of Pastoralism in UT of

A former Commissioner for Finance in Abia State, Obinna Oriaku has thanked God for saving his life as a Commissioner

In an interview, Samaj Pragati Sahayog co-founder PS Vijayshankar says India must develop an ecosystem-centric approach to agriculture.

India’s transition to sustainable farming has to be calibrated and orchestrated well, drawing lessons from the successes of India’s Green Revolution and the recent crisis in Sri Lanka, says sustainable farming expert P.S. Vijayshankar

As part of efforts to restore agriculture to its enviable status, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has inaugurated a 12-man agricultural development programme executive committee to drive the process.

Ministry of Communications - Official Fijian Government website with information about departments, ministries, news briefs and press releases.

The sector players in the cassava value chain have advocated the need to leverage resources from the private sector players, to expand the root crop into a major cash cow and maintain

Abba Ruma, a former minister of agriculture during the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, has died.

By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, July 14, 2021 Federal Government Wednesday distributed 150 bags of improved variety of rice seedling and other inputs to farmers in Ebonyi. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, said the gesture was intended to boost wet season rice farming in the state. According to him, the programme is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The mi...

Farmers have raised the alarm over the deplorable state of extension services in the country, manifesting in the ratio of one Extension Agent (EA) to 10,000 farmers (1:10,000).  They are angered that the EAs that are supposed to serve as platform for linking new innovations from research institutes to the farmers are no longer considered important unit in the agriculture value chain designed to diversify the national economy.  The United Nation Food and Agricultural Organisations (FAO) had re...