The Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) is working to increase cocoa production to 500,000 tonnes per year in the next five years,its President, Dr Victor Iyama, has said. He said the private sector would work...

The National President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Mr Sayina Robinson Riman has said a ban on the cocoa beans export will not improve the fortunes of local farmers. Riman, who was reacting to a statement credited to Cocoa Processors Association...

The Federal Government has been urged to save meat processing and cold businesses from collapse by finding a solution to continued power outage. Speaking with The Nation, an Animal Production specialist, Prof Abiodun Adeloye, said meat processing...

A WEATHER insurance scheme would reduce losses many farmers suffered last year after poor weather, the President, Agriculture Graduates Association of Nigeria, Comrade Michael Egbuta, has said. He called on the government to introduce a national...

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are to float a N10 billion development fund to develop the crop. National President of the asociation Tola Faseru said in Lagos that...

All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Gombe State chapter, has lamented the declining price of cotton in the market. The Secretary of the association, Alhaji Gambo Sarkin-Noma, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe that a kilogramme of...

THE African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has said plant biotechnology will address some of the problems farmers encounter during farming. The foundation’s Project Manager (Cowpea), Dr Prince Addae, said this in Abuja. He said...

THE current harmattan is good for crops, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Enugu State, Chief Alfred Eneh, has said. He said in Enugu that with the excessive rainfall recorded last year, the harmattan would not only dry...