The United States Department of Agriculture has hinted that Nigeria will become the world’s second-largest rice importer after China, as importation of the commodity is projected to experience...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described the report published to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) stating that Nigeria imported...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appealed to President Buhari and his government to be truthful to the Nigerian public, rather than claim progress they have...
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has stated that the country will experience Rice shortage if measure are not taken to re-cultivate the crop...
The Nigerian government has licences 158 new seed companies to commence production of quality seeds, according to National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC). Philip Ojo, the director general...
Federal Government Reveals Plan To Make Loan Easy For Farmers The Federal Government is considering move to have banks, especially the Nigeria Incenstive-based Risk-Sharing System for...
Government Moves To Boost Rice Production In Nigeria The Federal Government has started the process to boost rice production in Nigeria by signing a N10 billion contract...
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, has warned the federal government not to to shut down a land border between Nigeria and a neighbouring country, in...
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has insisted that Agriculture is the way out of Nigeria economic woes and not oil and gas. During...
The Minister of Interior, Lt General (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau has announced plans by the federal government to stop the importation of textile materials for producing...
Ambassador of Thailand to Nigeria, Wattana Kunwongse, has denied the claim of Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, that rice mills are collapsing in the Asian country....
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh says Thailand has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of being responsible for the collapse of its...
Kogi state government has donated fifteen thousand hectare of land for cattle ranch in the state. The state is optimistic this will help resolve farmers and...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has declared the federal government has no intention of forcibly taking private lands to establish the...
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Ogbeh on Thursday gave reasons why the Federal Government replaced the plan to create ranches with that of cattle...
Minister for Agriculture and rural development, Audu Ogbeh has expressed his support for the National Egg Production Scheme targeted at providing fifty million table eggs daily...
-Senator Abdullahi Adamu calls for the arrest and prosecution of Minister of Agriculture, others over exportation of rotten yams to US. -Nigerian yams were rejected over...
-Federal lawmaker questions federal government’s yam export initiative. -The lawmaker pointed out yam is part of farm produce included in the export prohibition list. A member...
-Minster of Agriculture discloses that USA turned down the yams exported from this country because of the poor quality. The minister of agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, says...
The minister of agriculture and rural development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has expressed fears that the country may soon experience the scarcity of cow meat in no...