The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made this announcement while inspecting a 420-hectare rice farm and mill belonging to Olam Nigeria in Rukubi, near Doma, Nasarawa State
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The commissioner cited Kanam, Mikang, Langtang North and Langtang South, Shendam and Quan Pan as some of the lowland areas
Barko said the crop was being produced in nine local government areas of the state but that Bokkos Local Government Area was mostly affected
According to him, the loan will be used to boost cultivation of rice, sorghum and cassava in 14 staple crop processing zones in the country
Speaking on how the state government intends to harness power for the development of the agriculture sector, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said the agriculture value chains being focused on are poultry, rice production, cassava cultivation, aquaculture, vegetable, post-harvest as well as abattoir and lairage
The governor stated this in his contribution at an Aid and Development Roundtable in Washington, DC, United States of America on Wednesday
The Senior Trade Development Manger of UK Trade and Investment, Judy Melifonwu, who disclosed this during an interaction with the state Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, described Kwara State as the agriculture hub of Nigeria
The figure was contained in the 2012 Performance Report on the nation’s economy issued in Abuja by the commission
This was contained in the 2012 National Baseline Youth Survey Report issued in Abuja by the NBS in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Youths Development
Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Femi Akorede, who represented him at the occasion
Speaking during a panel discussion on financing agribusiness to guarantee successful industry transformation, Oduoza said: “UBA currently has a minimum of seven per cent of its gross loan portfolio in the agribusiness sector
He said said that his office had also solicited the collaboration of USAID in the fight against proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition, expressing hope that the efforts would pay off in the current campaign for a “Delta State Beyond Oil”
President Jonathan also disclosed that over 1.5 million farmers have benefited from the Electronic-Wallet System developed by the administration
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Governor Godswill Akpabio dropped this hint on Friday when the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, paid him a courtesy visit at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja
In an opinion he wrote and distributed to some media outlets on Tuesday, a retired banker and now a fish farmer and importer in Niger State, Malam Zakari A. Usman, praised as “noble” the objective of government aimed at “saving foreign exchange and promoting local farming,” but warned that “an outright ban will have profound consequences for the people, who will be abruptly denied their sole source of protein
Adesina said that the Federal Government had mapped out strategies to increase fish production in the country this year