Experts have called for increased adoption of hybrid seeds and modern agricultural practices by Nigerian farmers, saying low uptake of improved seeds remains a major obstacle to achieving food security and boosting the country’s agricultural productivity. The experts made the call during a field demonstration of TELA hybrid maize...
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Questions have emerged over the whereabouts of 8,000 bags of fertiliser supplied to Taraba State under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s fertiliser input support programme, with officials of the federal and state governments offering conflicting explanations about who was responsible for distributing the products. President Tinubu recently approved the procurement...
Uba Sani flags off free distribution of 500 trucks of fertilizer, tractors to 150,000 Kaduna farmers
Uba Sani flags off free distribution of 500 trucks of fertilizer, tractors to 150,000 Kaduna farmers
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has flagged off the distribution of 500 trucks of free fertiliser and tractors to 150,000 smallholder farmers across the state’s 23 local government areas, saying the initiative underscores his administration’s commitment to boosting food production and supporting rural livelihoods. The governor, who launched the...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, flagged off the 2026 statewide Wet Farming Season and launched the sales and distribution of 200 truckloads of NPK fertiliser at 50 per cent subsidised rates, alongside the distribution of free agricultural inputs to 120,000 farmers to boost food production...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has flagged off the 2026 fertilizer and farm inputs sales and distribution exercise, announcing a 51% subsidy that reduces the price of fertilizer to N28,000 per bag for farmers. The governor announced the subsidy during the flag-off ceremony on Saturday June 5, 2026 in...
For this year’s farming season, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has concluded arrangements to distribute 53,040 bags of fertilizer ( 88 trucks) to farmers and other constituents across the 13 Local Government Areas of Kano North Senatorial District. A statement by his Special Adviser...
National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has began the distribution of essential and emergency agricultural inputs to 2,000 onion farmers in Borno, Yobe, Sokoto and Kebbi states. The gesture which took place simultaneously was inline with the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aims to cushion the burden...
Stakeholders from government agencies, security institutions, and community groups in Kaduna State have identified sustained dialogue, mutual respect, and justice as the most effective solutions to the recurring clashes between herders and farmers across the state. The consensus emerged at a high-level policy dialogue held in Kaduna, organised by...
Truces Between Farmers and Armed Groups in Katsina: Evidence of State Absence, By AUDU LIBERTY OSENI
Truces Between Farmers and Armed Groups in Katsina: Evidence of State Absence, By AUDU LIBERTY OSENI
To capture the voices of those directly affected by the escalating terror attacks in Katsina State, I engaged with local residents, security officials, researchers, and NGO practitioners. Their accounts reveal a disturbing consensus: the unchecked violence in North-West Nigeria has pushed farmers across 20 local government areas in Katsina...
Managing Director of Ecobasic Seed, Brighton Karume, represented by the company’s Commercial Manager, Moses Atewogboye, has urged Nigerian farmers to embrace hybrid seedlings in line with global best practices in food production. Speaking at a Brown Demo Field Demonstration in Zaria, Atewogboye said the event was organised to demonstrate...
Despite an abundant harvest this season, farmers across Nasarawa, Niger, and Kogi States are lamenting the steep drop in food prices, which they say has left them struggling to recover from high production costs. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, several farmers revealed...
Farmers in Gombe State are sounding the alarm over a steep drop in grain prices as the 2025 harvest season gets underway — a trend many say is threatening their livelihoods and casting a shadow over the future of farming in the region. At major grain markets like Gombe...
No fewer than 74 smallholder dairy farmers in Plateau State have accused Integrated Dairies Limited (IDL), producers of Farm Fresh products, of diverting N441.8 million meant for a Federal Government dairy intervention project, a situation they said has left them in “total economic disarray.” The farmers, under the Wunato...
Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has enlisted the support of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Nigeria Police to recover outstanding loans from the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) owed by its members. This was announced by MAAN’s National President, Bello...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to transforming the agricultural sector of the State, by distributing 400 trucks of free fertilizer to 100,000 smallholder farmers. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony at Murtala Square on Saturday, the Governor also enrolled the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Southern Borno Senator, Mohammed Ali Ndume has launched 12,000 bags of NPK fertilizer for distribution free of charge to nine (9) Local Government Areas in his constituency. The gesture which is part of his routines, aims to bolster massive agricultural productivity, food security and...
Benue State farmers have expressed deep concern over the repeated attacks on their agricultural lands in the state, describing the situation as dire and devastating. The farmers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi, said that the attacks had turned the state’s fertile farmlands into...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Government has commenced the distribution of fertilizer to support over 30,000 farmers across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Timothy Ojomah, in an interaction with the Special Adviser on Media to...
By MIMI HEMBA, Makurdi – Chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council, Tor Tiv, Orchivirigh Prof. James Ayatse, declared on Wednesday that land grabbing was at the core of the decades-long conflict in the state. Speaking during a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Benue stakeholders at the...
Governor Alia’s efforts to address farmer-herder conflicts deserve objective appraisal—not insults, not dismissals The recent article by Dr. Mkor Aondona, “The Letter of Mr. Sebastian T. Hon to Governor Alia is Nothing But the Routine Political Exercise by Busy Body Opposition Agents, Ignore It”, may have sought to defend...