The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expressed satisfaction with the level of interests in agriculture and tremendous impacts which the sector has recorded in the country in the last six years.
Emefiele while addressing journalists during an inspection tour of the palm plantation at Odighi village in Ovia...
29 year old Abubakar Bamai Musa, a thriving farmer from Yobe State has been appointed as National Coordinator of the Nigeria Young Farmers Network (NYFN).
This was contained in a press statement signed by NYFN Publicity Secretrary, Usman Princess Soburat on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.
TheFact Nigeria gathered that NYFN is...
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele said that the collaboration between the bank and the small holder farmers has drastically reduced rice imports and increased job creation in the country.
Emefiele spoke Tuesday in Abuja at the formal unveiling of the FCT Mega Rice Pyramids by...
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed satisfaction with the yield of rice, which is now over 7.5 million metric tons annually as against 4 million metric tons in 2015.
Buhari who unveiled the FCT Mega Rice pyramids in Abuja, also reiterated that the Anchor Borrowers' Programme of the Central Bank of...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has said that if the illegal importation of rice into the country through its land borders was left unchecked, it would jeopardize all government efforts to enhance the domestic rice industry.
Dr. Mahmood announced this during the meeting of...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar said the Federal Government has lifted a total of 4,205,576 Million Nigerians out of poverty in the last two years.
He made this declaration in Abuja on Friday October 15, 2021, during the Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has placed an urgent call to staff of the ministry at all levels to work hand in hand to achieve the President's goal of ensuring food sufficiency in the country.
Dr. Abubakar made the call when he visited the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated its determination to address the existing challenges in the country’s wheat value chain as part of efforts to shore up the country’s foreign reserves.
The Director, Development Finance Department at the CBN, Mr. Philip Yila Yusuf, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday,...
The Federal Government through its Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has embarked on series of activities to positively transform the animal feed sector and ultimately enhance food security in the country.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar hinted this in his keynote address during the...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has hinted that the ministry intended to turn the country into a global powerhouse in food production.
He made this disclosure today, at the inauguration ceremony of the newly reconstituted Governing Council of the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science...
