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It is an irony that as tomato and onion scarcity prevails in the South, the vegetables are flooding markets in the North, selling at giveaway prices. That is not good news for farmers. The scarcity in the South is occasioned by the strike by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN), which has blocked the shipment of cattle and farm produce to the South while demanding compensation and safety guarantees for their members affected by the #EndSARS protest and the v...

ON THE GO UTME now compulsory for scholarship beneficiaries, says amnesty programme coordinator Milland Dikio, interim administrator of the presidential amnesty programme (PAP), says beneficiaries of the agency’s scholarship scheme must participate in the unified tertiary examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation... NSF: Lagos athlete wins men’s 110m hurdles Abejoye Oyeniyi of Lagos state has claimed the gold medal in men’s 110 meters hurdles at the ongoing N...

Share At the flag-off of the 2020 wet season harvest aggregation and 2020 dry season input distribution under the CBN-Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria made a great display of rice pyramids. The display, coming about three months after such an exercise in Niger State was part of the fifth anniversary of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Governor of the CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele said ABP has emphasised the ne...

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says 2,923,937 farmers have benefited from the bank’s anchor borrowers’ programme (ABP).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) By Tue Mar 02 2021 The Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report, published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) penultimate week indicates that the economy grew by 0.11 per cent in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing the first positive quarterly growth in the last three quarters. According to the report, the growth was largely driven by positive growth recorded in the information and communication sector (15.9%) and agriculture (3.4...

Rice farmers have commended President Buhari for his commitment to food security.

PHOTO: TWITTER/ CBNThe governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the bank emphasised the need for all stakeholders to sustain current efforts championed by the Bank to galvanise agricultural production towards meeting the requirements of Nigeria’s growing population. x Emefiele gave the charge in Zauro, Kebbi State, on Tuesday during the flag-off of the 2020 wet season harvest aggregation an...

The Bauchi State chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has urged the Federal Government to introduce additional measures that will enhance rice production and processing in the country.

RIFAN urges FG to introduce additional measures on rice production, processing On Kindly Share This Story: The Bauchi State chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has urged the Federal Government to introduce additional measures that will enhance rice production and processing in the country. Alhaji Yahaya Adamu, the Chairman of the association in Bauchi State, made the appeal in an interview with Newsmen in Bauchi on Friday. Adamu said that such measures would lead to bump...

Farmers frustrated as cows invade Ekiti farms, destroy ready-for-harvest maize Abiodun Nejo Ekiti State-based farmer, Tunde Afe, is still counting the losses he incurred after cows destroyed his farm thrice, the latest being in January 2021. It was gathered that some herdsmen led cows to graze on the farm. Afe, who is a cleric in the state, said his cassava farm was destroyed by cows a fortnight ago in Itapaji, Ikole Local Government Area of the state. He added that destruction of farms by herd...