Using agriculture to walk Nigeria out of recession

Nigeria as Africa’s largest oil producing country and largest economy is officially in recession due to dwindling global crude oil prices. Our country like other major oil producing countries such as Venezuela, Iraq, Algeria, Libya are experiencing dwindling oil revenues due to nose-diving oil prices. In the face of dwindling oil revenues, it is high time we explored alternative sources for our foreign exchange earnings.

FG encouraged to curb youth unemployment with Agriculture

Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), has called on the government to encourage the youth population to engage in agriculture as this a viable means to reduce unemployment by a good measure. This would also reduce social vices like cultism, prostitution and street begging, as the youth would be actively engaged in agriculture. ASAN’s President,Continue reading "FG encouraged to curb youth unemployment with Agriculture"

#IamAg Campaign – Encourage Youth in the Sector!

Farming First is excited to announce the #IamAg campaign, to encourage more young people to take up agricultural careers. The campaign is now LIVE until the 21st October. Stories of talented ag professionals from across the globe and across the whole value chain will be shared. Join the campaign! The first blog post is from 29 year old JudyContinue reading "#IamAg Campaign – Encourage Youth in the Sector!"

After tomato ebola, quelea birds outbreak imminent: Setting agenda for FG

In the face of the current economic recession and the ongoing measures to tackle food crisis that is affecting an average Nigerian, Nigeria cannot afford to be a victim of pests on farmlands. The country might not have considered the presence of locusts and Quelea birds coming into the country from Niger Republic as beingContinue reading "After tomato ebola, quelea birds outbreak imminent: Setting agenda for FG"

#chemicalfreeagriculture

The word Danger, ( as shown on pesticide labels) accompanied by the word Poison and a skull and cross bones…….tells you that the pesticide has high acute toxicity or poses a dangerous health or environmental hazard.   Inversion conditions (climatic inversion) are dangerous during a pesticide application because fine spray droplets and pesticide vapor canContinue reading "#chemicalfreeagriculture"

BACK TO SOIL: SEALING THE SEPULCHER OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE

By Kunle Oguntegbe There is an Igbo proverb that says, ‘a man needs to consider the size of his anus before swallowing udala seed’. Prior to the discovery of oil in Nigeria, unemployment was not a major macroeconomic threat to the Country as anyone who was agile had no reason to be idle. Food wasContinue reading "BACK TO SOIL: SEALING THE SEPULCHER OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE"

FG To Build 370 Dams Across the Federation – Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogheh has said that federal government is set to commence the construction of 10 dams per state across the federation, including the FCT. The Minister stated this yesterday in his goodwill message at the public presentation of the water sector road map in Abuja. According toContinue reading "FG To Build 370 Dams Across the Federation – Ogbeh"

FG introduces Graduate Farmers’ Scheme

In its determination to provide food and jobs for Nigerians, the Federal Government is set to commence its Graduate Farmers’ Scheme as the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu kicks off the programme. Engr. Adamu launched the first Graduate Farmers’ Scheme recently at Kampe Irrigation Scheme (Ejiba), Yagba West Local Government Area ofContinue reading "FG introduces Graduate Farmers’ Scheme"

NIRSAL Guarantees N61.16bn Loans to Agriculture

Managing Director, Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu Hameed has said that the firm has guaranteed loans totaling N61.16billion to agriculture and disbursed N753.35million as rebate to borrowers who paid back loans on time between 2013 and 2015. This was the period when the agency was still a projectContinue reading "NIRSAL Guarantees N61.16bn Loans to Agriculture"

Four lessons for transforming African agriculture

African agriculture is at a turning point, and a long-awaited “green revolution” may be within reach. Many of the continent’s governments are adopting market-friendly policies and committing more resources to the sector. Traditional big-donor countries are increasing their expenditures on agriculture, while China and Brazil are also beginning to contribute to the effort. African’s agriculture’sContinue reading "Four lessons for transforming African agriculture"