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...