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…
Category: Agriculture
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…
KSADP, Sasakawa Commission Mechanization Hub to Boost Smallholder Farming in Kano
By Mustapha Salisu The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), under the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), has commissioned the Kadawa Agricultural Mechanization Centre in Garun Mallam Local Government Area, one of three…
Soil, Sweat and Sovereignty: Kano’s New Agricultural Dawn
By Lamara Garba Kano’s destiny has always been tied to the soil. On Monday, 4th August, 2025 that bond deepened as Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf unveiled an army of 1,038 young agricultural…
Ribadu Distributes Free Fertilizer to Over 400 Farmers in Adamawa
From Umar Dankano, Yola A legal luminary cum philanthropist,Ba rrister Ahmad Nuhu Ribadu has donated free fertilizers to over 400 farmers in Yola South and Fufore local government areas in Adamawa state….
KACRAN Commends Tinubu’s Livestock Sector Reforms
By Alhaji Yusuf, Damaturu The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for establishing the Ministry of Livestock Development and the Presidential Livestock Reforms Committee….
IsDB/LLF Project in Nigeria Seals $12.3 Million Deal to Boost Agricultural Mechanization in Kano
Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has signed a $12, 347, 071. 44 amended Memorandum of Understating with its implementing partners, Sasakawa Africa Association, SAA, for the procurement of agricultural machinery to…
President Tinubu Applauds Buni’s Massive Investment in Agriculture
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commended the Yobe State Government for its massive investment in agriculture aimed at ensuring food sufficiency and security across the state. According…
NGO Establishes Stakeholders’ Platform to Boost Agriculture in Northern States
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse A non-governmental organisation, Propcom+, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has engaged agricultural stakeholders in the formation of an accountability platform aimed at strengthening…
Governor Lawal distributes 59,205 Bags of fertilizers to farmers, says Agriculture is Zamfara’s economic lifeblood
Governor Dauda Lawal has reiterated that agriculture remains the lifeblood of Zamfara State’s economy. On Wednesday, the governor flagged off the distribution of 2025 farm inputs for the wet season and commissioned…