The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the rumoured killing of a farmer working on his farm by herdsmen in the early hours of Tuesday triggered the crisis
Browsing: farmers
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ekpetiama Kingdom comprises seven towns situated on the banks of the River Nun and several tributaries connecting the River Niger and the Atlantic Ocean
Dambazau said the committee would be expected to draw up a roadmap for an all-inclusive gathering of stakeholders to address the perennial crises
Marcel de Souza said this when he was presenting the Community Status Report at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja on Tuesday
Speaking when a group of herdsmen from Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Association, Jigawa State branch visited him, Saraki described the perennial clashes between the farmers and herdsmen as unfortunate
The governor noted that government has brought to bear all technology-based methods for the enhancement of modern agriculture, including the Geographical Information System and enumeration of farmers across the state
Muhammad Gidado, the State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, confirmed the incident
“The region is known for having large number of subsistence farmers in the country could produce enough food for the citizenry if the farmers take advantage of the scheme,” he added.
He said the stakeholders meeting involving GES and Agricultural Development Project coordinators in the states, agro-allied dealers and suppliers and state Directors of Agriculture was to review the 2013 performance of the scheme in the region
“What is happening now is an opportunity for able-bodied Nigerians, irrespective of status, to invest in the sector so as to increase production and meet both national and international demand.
“Investment in the sector is lucrative with no risk