Wikirise
All posts tagged "Agriculture"
-
45BusinessFG to use space technology to boost agriculture – NASRDA
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has announced that it will implement space technology techniques to boost Nigeria’s agricultural production. This was disclosed by Dr. Rakiya Babamaaji, the Head, Natural Resources Management Division of NASRDA, on Monday at Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The...
-
9BusinessAgriculture: Nigeria’s Sesame exports could rise to $1.5 billion – FACAN
The Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) has revealed that Nigeria had agriculture exports of N127 billion in Q1 2021, adding that Sesame topped the list of exported agriculture commodities at N41.9 billion. It added that Sesame could contribute $1.5 billion to Nigeria’s agriculture exports if maximized and...
-
53BusinessPrices of cocoa remain near 52-week highs
Following last year’s bumper crop season, improving conditions in West Africa’s cocoa-growing regions could lead to record cocoa crops in 2021/22, which could further pressurize cocoa prices. Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cocoa, experienced the greatest weather impact between July and September. Precipitation in Ivory Coast has been...
-
Politics
Katsina To Consider Law Banning Open Grazing – Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has hinted that his administration is considering banning open grazing in the state. Masari who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, faulted the movement of herders from one part of the country to another. He explained that before the state would create a...
-
205NewsMiyetti Allah Asks FG To ‘Stop Governors From Enacting Anti-Open Grazing Laws’
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Monday asked the Federal Government to stop state governors from enacting the anti-open grazing law. MACBAN Secretary-General, Saleh Alhassan made the comment during a press conference in Abuja. He said the law would undermine the relative peace and stability currently...
-
163PoliticsAnti-Open Grazing, VAT Bills Scale Second Reading At Lagos Assembly
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday committed an anti-open grazing bill to the Committee on Agriculture after it scaled second reading. The House also read for the first and second time, the state’s Value-Added Tax bill and asked the Committee on Finance handling it to report...
-
News
Identifying Grazing Routes Key To Ending Herder-Farmer Crisis – Gov Bagudu
Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu on Thursday argued that mapping out grazing routes will help to identify the scale of the herder-farmer crisis. President Muhammadu Buhari recently ordered a committee to review 368 grazing sites across 25 states in the country to determine the levels of encroachment. Critics have faulted...
-
64News
Katsina Bans Inter-State Transport Of Cattle
The Katsina State Government on Tuesday said it has banned the transportation of cattle from the state to any other state in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by state government spokesperson, Abdu Labaran. The ban is part of efforts to improve security in the state and is...
-
45NewsSoyinka Criticises Plans To Review Grazing Routes
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Friday criticised ongoing plans by the Federal Government to reopen grazing routes across the country. Soyinka, speaking at a press conference in Lagos, said many experts have identified ranching as the solution to the perennial farmer-herder conflict. “Virtually the whole nation is screaming (that) we...
-
93BusinessFirm to invest $14.7m in Ekiti agric project
A technology solutions company, Axxess Group, has disclosed plans to commence a $14.7m agricultural project in Ekiti State. The Chief Executive Officer of Axxess Group, John Olajide, disclosed this when he led a team of investors to pay a visit to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Aadebayo....
-
29NewsBan On Open-Grazing Is Counterproductive – Baba-Ahmed
The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has said that the ban on open grazing by some state governments is counterproductive and damaging to the nation’s spirit of coexistence. Baba-Ahmed made the comment during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “We are not against open grazing. We are...
-
123News
Ban On Open-Grazing Is Counterproductive – Baba-Ahmed
The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has said that the ban on open grazing by some state governments is counterproductive and damaging to the nation’s spirit of coexistence. Baba-Ahmed made the comment during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “We are not against open grazing. We are...
-
News
We’ve Gone Beyond Looking For Grazing Routes – Falana
Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has faulted the Presidency’s approval to review grazing reserves in 25 states in the country. Falana who was a guest on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, said: “we’ve gone beyond this stage of looking for grazing routes”. “As far as the...
-
101Security updates
Ooni Condemns Killing Of Farmers, Says Attack Not Linked To Ife/Modakeke Clashes
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has condemned the recent killing of farmers in Osun State, warning Ife and Modakeke residents not to give communal colouration to the incident. Five farmers from Modakeke were killed on Friday while heading to their farms, a development some have blamed on the...
-
197PoliticsBuhari Approves Review Of Grazing Reserves In 25 States
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” The President’s directive followed his approval of the recommendations of a committee chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof....