Tag: Agriculture
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SMV boss, Amadi Kelechi narrates how she became a successful entrepreneur in animal husbandry business
A young entrepreneur and farmer, Amadi Kelechi Princess has narrated her journey into animal husbandry at the young age of 23 and how she recorded early success. The 28-year-old in a chat with TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) gave an insight into what led her into animal husbandry and how she has been able to sustain it after…
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TNG Deal Breakers: How Nigeria can incentivize agriculture for food sufficiency
China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and a host of other Asian countries with large populations produce enough grains like rice for local consumption and ship the rest – perhaps of doubtful quality, to Africa, with Nigeria as the main destination. The government of the day and in the past appear just satisfied with this situation.
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JUST IN: Buhari jets out to Senegal
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Dakar, the capital of Senegal, ahead of the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.
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WFD: Adequate investment in agriculture will address food inflation – Peter Obi
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, has said that adequate investment in agriculture can help to address food inflation and insecurity in the country. Obi said this in his message on the occasion of 2022 World Food Day 2022 which is celebrated on Oct. 16 every year. The former governor of…
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Nigerians should embrace farming – Afe Babalola
Elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) says every Nigerian citizen should embrace farming, irrespective of profession or status. Babalola said this on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, adding that embracing farming is the panacea for the country to make a meaningful impact in evolving alternative economic reliance.
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How Lagos created over 300,000 jobs in 3 years – Commissioner
The Lagos State Government says it created over 300,000 jobs directly and indirectly through the Ministry of Agriculture in different value chains and enterprise from 2019 to date. Ms. Abisola Olusanya, State Commissioner for Agriculture said this at a news briefing to flag off activities commemorating 2022 World Food Day on Wednesday, in Alausa.
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World Bank to support Nigeria with $8.5 billion to tackle Education, Agriculture
The World Bank has shown commitment and promised to support Nigeria with $8.5 billion in order to fund critical areas ranging from agriculture, economic education and to tackle other pending needs of the country. This piece of information was disclosed by Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank Country Director to Nigeria during a summit organized by…
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FG, EU present report on maize value chain in Nigeria
The Federal Government and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, on Friday presented a report on the value chain analysis study on maize. This is contained in statement by the bloc and made available to newsmen in Abuja. The collaboration was done between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the…
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2023: I will grow agriculture, revamp economy – Amaechi
An All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, has promised to grow the nation’s economy by revamping the agricultural sector if he wins the primary and gets elected in 2023.
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2023: Why I want to be Adamawa’s next Governor – Amb Jameel Waziri
Ambassador Jameel Waziri, a gubernatorial aspirant in Adamawa State, has stated reasons why he wants to be the state’s number one citizen, vowing he would industrialise agriculture in the agrarian North Eastern state of Nigeria. Waziri, in a chat with TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) said he has all it takes to transform Adamawa from “rurality to urbanity…