Tag: Farmers
Bauchi State Govt. renews warning against bush burning
Bauchi, Jan. 15, 2026 (NAN) The Bauchi State Ministry of Housing and Environment has renewed its warning to residents to desist from bush burning...
20 Kogi youths trained in Agric fabrication
Lokoja, Jan. 15, 2026 (NAN) The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme Additional Financing (VCDP-AF) have...
High costs, low prices affecting Bauchi farmers says Commissioner
Bauchi, Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) The Bauchi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Ilyasu Gital, has decried the deteriorating conditions farmers face over soaring prices...
Imo, Abia farmers seek govts’ intervention to tackle challenges
Owerri, Oct. 27, 2025 (NAN) A cross-section of farmers in Imo and Abia has said that persistent attacks by pests, coupled with unfavourable government...
NASFAT FGs FG on N250b credit support for farmers
Asaba, Sept. 15, 3025 (NAN) The Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), has appealed to the Federal Government to put into consideration the feelings and religious dictates...
NGO trains Katsina farmers on degraded land reclamation techniques
Zango (Katsina State), Aug. 20, 2025 (NAN) Propcom+, in collaboration with Himma Agricultural Support Initiative (HASI), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), has commenced training of farmers...
NGO set to empower smallholder farmers via school feeding programmes
Abuja, July 25, 2025 (NAN) The Commodity Leaders Empowerment Network for School Feeding (CLENSFe), an NGO, has demonstrated its commitment to empowering smallholder farmers...
Adeleke distributes 31 tractors, other farm inputs to farmers in Osun
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has distributed 31 tractors and other farm inputs to farmers in the state.
In his remarks at the programme in...
Group to partner Osun govt. on women farmers’ empowerment
The Nigeria Women for Agricultural Progressive and Development Initiative (NWAPDI), has called for collaboration of the Osun government on empowering women farmers in the...
Ginger Blight: Nigeria Ginger farmers lost N12bn in 2023 – Minister
The Federal Government says that Nigerian Ginger farmers incurred losses amounting to N12 billion due to the disastrous disease epidemic that destroyed their crops...
Food security: FG to support farmers to mitigate agricultural risks
The Federal Government has taken steps to incorporate Agricultural Insurance into its National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro- Pocket (NAGS-AP) programme, to mitigate agricultural risks...
Harvest, sufficient rainfall, reasons for food price reduction– farmers, traders
Some farmers and traders of various food items have attributed the downward slope in the prices of food to the current harvest season for...
Farmers laud drop in food inflation, seek sustainability
Local farmers have lauded the drop in July food inflation recently released by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), while seeking its sustainability.
The farmers said...
FCTA distributes 900 metric tonnes of fertiliser to farmers
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday began the distribution of 900 metric tonnes of fertiliser free to farmers in the territory.
The FCT...
FG distributes starter packs, rice seeds to 150 farmers in Niger
The Federal Government has distributed starter packs and rice seeds worth N30 million to 150 farmers in Niger, toward mitigating the effect of fuel...
Niger begins distribution of 1m banana suckers to 250,000 farmers
The Acting Governor of Niger, Alhaji Yakubu Garba, on Thursday, officially kicked off the distribution of one million banana suckers to 250,000 farming households...
Inconsistent rainfall may affect 2024 harvest – Farmers
Some crop farmers have lamented the inconsistent rainfall in the country saying that it will likely affect this year’s harvest.
The farmers said this in...
