This is a report written by Victor Okeke of allafrica on a group of enterprising farmers initiative bringing up an initiative targeted at encouraging youth participation in agriculture A group of enterprising farmers- Fresh and Young Brains Development Initiative says...
By Chibuzor Emejor Correspondent, Abuja African Development Bank (AfDB) has offered $174.85million to support the financing and implementation of Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase -1 [ATASP-1]. The Country Director of AfDB, Ousmane...
The Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) is focused on improving the livelihood and empowering small-scale rice farmers in Sub-Sahara Africa. The selected region includes four African Countries, namely Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania while the...
The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils (IYS) (A/RES/68/232). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been nominated to implement the IYS 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in...
This article titled Investing in Agriculture:Barbarian at the gate sheds light on the present state of agriculture and necessary caution to be taken to put the agricultural sector of the economy in order. The demand for food keeps increasing at a geometrical and...
An insurance plan that will be of immense benefit to more than six million farmers (especially smallholder farmers) in Nigeria for the insurance of their farms against unforeseen losses is in progress. Read the report below By Chris Arsenault (allafrica.com) Rome —...
By Ifeanyi Nwoko For many beans farmers in West Africa, 2017 is one year they all look forward to with great optimism and expectations. This is because the year will herald the release of a beans variety which will solve the major challenge facing beans farmers:...
Realizing a New Vision for Agriculture: A roadmap for stakeholders The World Needs a New Vision for Agriculture Agriculture provides much more than food. It offers essential commodities, environmental services and social goods that facilitate economic development,...
By Ruth Tene Natsa The minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has disclosed that Nigeria is under the scourge of the deadly H5 strain of Avian Influenza virus. "The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) wishes to...
The impact of the Agriculture Transformation Agenda (ATA) in 2014, according to experts, has contributed in making agriculture a viable sector of the Nigerian economy. Hence, there are anticipations among many Nigerians that agriculture will, in the face of plummeting...