The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe said the policy on the ban of importation of rice and wheat has enabled the country to save $5 million daily. Chief Ogbe, who spoke in Garun Baba village in Kano during this year’s wheat farm harvest ceremony,...

The Federal Government has adopted some measures to reduce the price of food items in the country. Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this yesterday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The Council had last...

Agriculture is the mainstay of mankind, therefore wise nations all over the globe give it a priority by developing and exploiting this sector for the upkeep of their teeming populations through the earning development purpose, as well as employment, stemming down of crimes, corruption...

.... FG halts sales of silos over food security fears The Federal Government says the current hike in price of fertiliser is as a result of security concerns as criminal elements are using its components to make bombs and other explosives. Minister of Agriculture and Rural...

Plans are underway to restructure the Bank of Agriculture for better performance as the Federal Government steps up efforts to make agriculture the mainstay of the economy. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, said the restructuring would enable more funds to...

Nigeria plans to capitalize its state-owned Bank of Agriculture with N1 trillion ($3.2 billion) and will allow the lender to take deposits as Africa’s most-populous nation seeks to boost farming output and reduce food imports. “We are looking at 25 million farmers” as stakeholders or...