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Orile Agege LCDA acquires 50 acres for farming
Orile Agege LCDA has secured 50 acres of farmland located at Obada Oko in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
17/01/2025
Federal Government allocates ₦30b to boost mechanized farming in 30 Universities of Agriculture
The Federal Government has approved a sum of N30bn for the nation’s 30 universities of agriculture to commence mechanized farming with immediate effect.
01/01/2025
Lagos Food Logistics Hub, Psychiatric Hospital Ready Next Year, Says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday disclosed that the Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Hub, and the Psychiatric Wellness and Rehabilitation Institute, both at the Ketu Ejirin axis in Epe area of the State, would be ready next year.
01/12/2024
Lagos Lawmakers seek collaboration to end food insecurity
Lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday held simultaneous stakeholders' meetings with their constituents with renewed commitments to boost food security and sufficiency in the state.
11/10/2024
LASPARK, LAGFERRY, LASCODA Lead Tree-Planting Campaign
Adetoun Popoola, the General Manager of LASPARK explained that the agency is exploring diverse strategies, including involving top government officials, to significantly increase the number of trees planted across Lagos before the next Tree Planting Day.
06/10/2024
Bolanle Austen-Peters unveils 10,000-Acre BAP Film Village in Epe
Renowned Nigerian filmmaker and entrepreneur, Bolanle Austen-Peters, has established a film village in Epe, Lagos State, spanning over 10,000 acres of land.
27/08/2024
FUTA to sustain cultivation of ‘five times bigger variety of tomatoes’ – Dean
The Teaching and Research Farm of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has embarked on massive cultivation of the Eva F1 Tomato, a variety five times bigger in size than the commonly available one in the Nigerian market. It is also capable of producing paste more than four times the latter. The Eva F1 tomato has the unique quality of remaining fresh over a period of two weeks from date of harvest.
26/08/2024
LASG Trains, Empowers Youths On Apiculture
To ensure the productive engagement of the youths and broaden their knowledge about alternative sources of income and wealth creation without resorting to criminality, the Lagos State Government, through the Centre for Rural Development (CERUD), has trained and empowered 50 youths from Epe rural division of the state on Honeybee production and management (Apiculture).
24/08/2024
Rice Farming: Governor Abiodun flags off harvest of 200-hectare plantation
Ogun State has joined the league of rice-producing states in the country with the flagging off of the harvest of 200 hectares of farmland at Magboro Rice Farm in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
20/08/2024
Lagos State Government Empowers Women on Agric
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to empowering women and promoting sustainable livelihoods through agricultural initiatives.
16/08/2024