DAMATURU, (Yobe State) — The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk said the Federal Government’s National Home Grown Feeding Programme special intervention has impacted positively on millions of Nigerians in areas of hunger reduction, malnutrition, employment generation, and wealth creation. The minister while flagging off Stakeholders’ engagement and enrolment exercise in Damaturu to scale up the programme in Yobe state, said over 100,000  Pupils and 215 cooks in Yobe state are currently benefitting from...

In an effort to make fertilizer available to farmers this cropping season, Members of the Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) said they have raised about N140 billion that would enable blenders to procure raw materials for fertilizer production for the 2021 farming season. Input Suppliers, Agro-Dealers and Financial Institutions have held in Abuja in which it discussed the issues including fertilizer production. Mr. Gideon Negedu, Executive Secretary of the Association in a press...

ABUJA — President Muhammed Buhari has unceremoniously celebrated the success of the agricultural policy initiated by his administration. According to him, the country can now brag about food sufficiency as it no longer has to Import food items from other countries. On Friday, while at the presidential villa receiving the former prime minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Dessalegn, Buhari said his administration retreated to agriculture, owing to the fluctuating prices of crude oil. “We needed to...

KANO — The Federal Government has trained some Irish Potato farmers in Kano tagged ‘5-Day Training on Farmers Business School (FBS) for Irish Potato Farmers in Gezawa Communities on farming business models which will improve the way they cultivate the crop. Addressing the trainees, the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hajiya Karima Babangida, said Irish potato is a premium cash crop sought after by many in...