The minister spoke at the Joint International Fund for Agricultural Development /Federal Government 2nd Supervision Mission for Climate Change, Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Forum.
Browsing: Chief Audu Ogbeh
Ogbeh said this in Minna on Tuesday during the inauguration of the two-day congress of the Cooperative Federation of Nigeria.
The exporters spoke at a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, in Abuja on Friday.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this when he briefed newsmen on the Federal Government’s achievements in the sector in commemoration of the 2017 World Food Day in Abuja.
Ogbeh regretted that continuous use of poor and sub-standard seeds and poor agronomic practices were the reasons for poor yields experienced by farmers.
The minister frowned at the increasing number of contract bids, saying that it was responsible for the slow pace of work in the ministry.
The minister, represented by Alhaji Muyiwa Azeez, the Director, Agribusiness, Processing and Marketing in the ministry, said the workshop was aimed at building a world class economy through agriculture.
He told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday at the Capacity Building Training for ECOWAS member states to control and manage armyworm outbreak in West Africa.
Speaking in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said the disagreement was affecting wheat production across the country.
Buhari said this at the First International Cocoa Summit organised by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment in collaboration with Cocoa Association of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at a stakeholders’ interactive forum to precede the winding down of the programme in Abuja on Thursday.
The Nigeria Customs Service on July 26 intercepted three consignments containing 140 species of snakes and 660 other animals in Calabar, Cross River State.
Aregbesola said the strategies have worked and Osun State has been reaping the fruits in forms of increased activities in the food production sector.
The minister said at a town hall meeting in Ibadan that the dam has the potentials for irrigation farming, generation of electricity, water supply and tourism.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos, said the exportation of fresh yam tubers had already started.
A statement by Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye, the Special Assistant to the minister (Media), in Abuja on Thursday, said Ogbeh disclosed this at a meeting with members of the Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme
The minister made this disclosure in a statement signed by Olukayode Oyeleye, Special Media and Communication in the ministry, in Abuja on Friday
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who inaugurated the board in Abuja on Monday, directed the board to begin the recovery of loans owed by farmers and other customers within 90 days
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this when a joint dialogue to analyse the root causes of the crisis submitted its report in Abuja on Monday
Addressing State House correspondents after briefing Buhari on the credit line, Yari disclosed that an agreement for the agricultural loans was signed with the Chinese Government during the State Visit of the President to China in April 2016