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Farmers

Edo state: RSPO begins capacity building for farmers


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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a global organisation, has begun a 14-month capacity building programme for farmers in four oil palm producing communities in Edo. Mr Fatai Afolabi, the Managing Consultant and Chief…

Osun state: Farmers to benefit from farm inputs subsidy


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A group of farmers in Osun state has praised Governor Ademola Adeleke for providing the state’s agriculture sector with necessary equipment and subsidy for farm inputs. Mr Dauda Bamigbade, the leader of the group stated in a statement in…

Experts warn farmers over changing weather patterns


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Agriculture experts have warned farmers to be cautious of the recent variations and its impacts on food production in 2023. The stakeholders made the call in separate interviews on Friday in Lagos, and spoke about the backdrop of the…

Sasakawa to spend $19.3m on 450,000 farmers in Kano


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The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), implementing the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, would provide agricultural interventions worth 19.23 million US dollars in the state. The Project Coordinator, Abdulrashid Kofar-Mata,…

Kano farmers records bumper harvest through dry season


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Farmers in Kanwa community, a village few kilometres from Kano metropolis, have recorded bumper harvest of their vegetables. The village is surrounded by a number of water ponds which has become a blessing to the farmers and gives them…

HerVest trains 500 female farmers in Kwara state


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Over 500 females were train by HerVest organization on various farming methods across three local government areas (LGAs) of Kwara state. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-Founder HerVest, Mrs Solape Akinpelu, disclosed this in…

Gombe State: Federal Ministry of Agriculture trains Fruit & Vegetable Farmers 


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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has trained about 45 fruit and vegetable farmers in Gombe State, Northern Nigeria. This is to enhance the availability of food in the country and enable the…

FCTA promises Farmers adequate security


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The authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has allayed the fears of farmers in the nation’s capital and urged them to go about the business of growing food for the residents of the Territory as measures…

Nigerian Government assists Farmers in Anambra State


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Agriculture inputs worth over ₦134 million have so far been distributed to farmers in Anambra State by the Federal government and other agriculture-based organisations. The farm inputs are distributed to farmers involved in wet season…

Exploitation by multinational companies in ECOWAS region must stop- FoEA


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ECOWAS Parliament has been called upon to intervene in ending all forms of exploitation and human rights violation by multinational companies against plantation workers and farmers in the region. Friends of the Earth Africa, FoEA, a…