Kano’s Livestock Market Booms,Amidst Surging Use of “Sha Ka Fashe” By Salisu Ibrahim Fagge with reports from Abbas Ibrahim, Mohammed Kabir Yau,Abdullahi Yusuf,Mustapha Muhammad and Kabiru Fulatan Livestock business is thriving in…
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BCAI’s WAVES II Project Empowers Kano Women Through Climate-Smart Agriculture, Financial Linkages
By Mustapha Salisu The Bridge Connect Africa Initiative’s Women Against Violence Empowered Through Sustainability (WAVES) Phase II project has continued its drive to dismantle the cycle of gender-based violence (GBV) in Kano…
AHIP ROOTS Initiative Promotes Climate-Smart Urban Agriculture Among Kano’s Smallholder Farmers
By Mustapha Salisu Participants in the Resilient Opportunities for Outreach, Trade and Sustainability (ROOTS) project, implemented by AHIP through the IOM training programme, have described the initiative as a major catalyst for…
ZLGSC retrains staff on WASH techniques in a one week retreat
By John Bassey, Zamfara The Zamfara State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) has retrained its staff members in a one-week retreat organized to widden their scope on the establishment of the Water…
BUK Researchers Lead Response as Sugarcane Borer Ravages Kano Farms
By Salisu Hamisu Ali Researchers from Bayero University Kano (BUK) have stepped in to address a devastating outbreak of Eldana saccharina—commonly known as the African sugarcane borer—that has crippled sugarcane production across…
SAPZ Partners with Media to Boost Nutrition, Agricultural Productivity in Kano State
By Mustapha Salisu The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme in Kano State has organised a one-day media sensitisation training on Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) for improved nutrition, aimed at strengthening the…
Gov Inuwa Deepens Livestock Sector Reforms as L-PRES Delivers New Facilities Across Gombe
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe The Gombe State Government has stepped up efforts to revitalise the livestock sector with the handover of additional facilities for rehabilitation and upgrade under the Livestock Productivity and…
Jigawa Eyes 500,000 Hectares Of Rice Production by 2030
Jigawa Eyes 500,000 Hectares Of Rice Production by 2030 By Abdullahi Yusuf Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar A. Namadi, on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s readiness to achieve the target of 500,000 hectares…
SAPZ showcases rice brown field day, distributes inputs to 9,870 Farmers in Kano
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Kano State Special Agro-Processing Zone (SAPZ) Programme in partnership with IFAD, has reaffirmed its commitment to boosting agricultural productivity and strengthening value chains. This followed…
ACReSAL trains 20,153 farmers on improved manual farming techniques in Adamawa
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Agro-climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, ACReSAL has trained twenty thousand,one hundred and fifty three (20,153) farmers with techniques for degradation of landscape through traditional ways of farming…
Agricultural Transformation: The Pride of Governor Abba K Yusuf
By Mustapha Muhammad The Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kano’s population explosion has been a major concern especially on efforts to increase food production and productivity, creation of jobs, empowering youth and women,…
Herders’ Association Reports Members Trapped in Violent Conflict Between Bandits, Vigilantes
From Alhaji Yusuf, Damaturu The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has declared that its members are being systematically killed from all sides, caught between criminal bandits and the government-backed…
Jigawa Govt.Partners AfricaRice To Boost Agric Production
Jigawa Govt.Partners AfricaRice To Boost Agric Production By Abdullahi Yusuf As part of his administration’s efforts to boost agricultural production in Jigawa State, Governor Mallam Umar Namadi has successfully led a delegation…
Herders’ Group Praises Yobe Gov, Urges Other Northern States to Create Livestock Ministries
From Alhaji Yusuf, Damaturu The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has publicly commended Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, for his unprecedented focus on the livestock sector in the…
FG Secures $500m World Bank Loan to Boost Agriculture
By Hajara Abdullahi In a move to enhance agricultural productivity across Nigeria, the Federal Government has secured a $500 million loan from the World Bank, in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…
NWDC, HJRBDA Partner To Transform Agric Production In North-West
NWDC, HJRBDA Partner To Transform Agric Production In North-West By Abdullahi Yusuf The North-West Development Commission (NWDC) and the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) have agreed to establish a strategic…
NWDC,HJRBDA Partner Set To Transform Agric Production In North-West
NWDC,HJRBDA Partner Set To Transform Agric Production In North-West By Abdullahi Yusuf The North-West Development Commission (NWDC) and the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) have agreed to establish a strategic…
Youth O’Clock, Horticulture College Partner to Green Gombe, Enhance Food Security
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe In a landmark effort to promote environmental sustainability and food security, Youth O’Clock Gombe has forged a strategic partnership with the Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa. The collaboration…
Adamawa Gets 400,000 Hybrid Date Seedlings from GGW
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Adamawa State Government has received a donation of 400,000 hybrid date seedlings from the Green Great World (GGW) initiative to boost afforestation and mitigate the effects of…
IITA Celebrates Mercy Diebiru-Ojo, Africa Food Prize Winner for Cassava and Yam Seed Innovation
“This award is not the end, it is a beginning, a call to action and a reminder that much remains to be done if we are to achieve a food-secure Africa,” says…
Group Urges Tinubu to Sustain Food Import Policy, Warns Against Hoarders
From Alhaji Yusuf, Damaturu The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has thrown its weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s policy on food subsidy and importation, calling it a critical…
NUJ Plateau Members Urged to Explore Fish Farming for Economic Growth
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Plateau State Chapter, have been encouraged to embrace fish farming and aquaculture as viable means of achieving self-reliance and boosting…
Empowerment: Jigawa Trains 2000 Youth in Date Palm Production
Governor Malam Umar Namadi has launched the Jigawa State Date Palm Development Programme, a landmark project aimed at boosting agriculture, restoring the environment, and creating opportunities for thousands of young people across…
Adamawa Senator Facilitates FG’s Support with 1,100 Bags of Fertilizer to Constituents
From Umar Dankano, Yola Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe of Adamawa Southern Senatorial District has facilitated the distribution of 1,100 bags of fertilizer to farmers across nine local government areas in the district….
Kano Farmers, CSOs Demand GMO Ban, Urge to Promote Agroecology as Alternative
From Ahmad Muhammad. Kano Farmers associations in collaboration with the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), have cautioned the federal government and other farmers’ groups on adopting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as…