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FARMING: Lagos empowers 31,781 youths, women in two years
Lagos State Government says it has trained no fewer than 12,574 and empowered 19,207 youths and women in key agricultural value chains, such as fisheries, poultry, rice and horticulture in two years.
Ooni Canvases for Locally Made Products as Titan Farms Opens Rice Factory in Ibadan
The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has urged Nigerians to patronize locally made products, stating that such gesture is required to grow the country’s economy.
Sanwo-Olu unveils five-year food sufficiency road map for Lagos
An audacious agricultural growth plan that will enhance food sufficiency in Lagos State has been unveiled by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Sanwo-Olu Launches $20 Million ‘Lagos Cares’ Programme for Youths, Women
Lagos State Government has rolled out a $20 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Lagos CARES) Programme to support livelihood for poor and vulnerable households and to expand food security services in the State.
Ondo: Amotekun arrests herdsmen, 250 cows
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, on Sunday seized about 250 cows which allegedly destroyed 300-hectare farmland in Ipogun, Ilara Mokin and Owena Dan areas of Ifedore Local Government Area of the state.
Lagos to raise Agricultural Production capacity, as Imota Rice Mill nears completion
In an attempt to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal two “zero hunger” which is central to the attainment of the other 16 goals by 2030, the United Nations has set the podium to address the challenges facing food systems and security among member states ahead of its Food Systems Summit in September.
Lagos begins artisanal fisheries value intervention
Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, said the State has begun artisanal fisheries value intervention for artisanal fishing communities in the State through empowerment and capacity building.
70 per cent of Farmers in Ibarapa, Oke-Ogun have abandoned their Farms – Alaafin
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Wednesday, noted that the killing and kidnapping and other criminalities in the state were rampant to the extent that 70 per cent of farmers in Ibarapa and Oke Ogun zones of the state had abandoned their farmlands.
Don urges intake of food as medicines, advises government to intensify funding of R&D in underutilized legumes
A university don, and Head, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria, Professor Kehinde Olugboyega Soetan has urged Nigerians and Africans to take their food as medicines and also task every tiers of government to dedicate fund for researches on underutilized legumes.
Herder crisis: Six States reject FG’s grazing reserves scheme
Seventeen Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory , as well as three southern states , namely Ekiti , Ondo, and Ebonyi have signed up for the National Livestock Transformation Programme.
