Category: Agriculture

The Executive Governor of Kebbi State,Sen.Abubakar Atiku Bagudu on the Thursday was at the production plant of Dairy Giant,FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC,located in Ogba,Lagos State.The administration of Governor Bagudu was working on how to grow the diary industry and tap into the experience of the company to empower dairy farmers in Kebbi State with added emphasis on women.The dairy organization commenced a‘Dairy Development Program’ in August 2010 to build up commercial scale dairy farming and works with local dairy farmers that have milked for subsistence for generations. The company,popularly known…

The Executive Governor of Kebbi State,Sen.Abubakar Atiku Bagudu on the Thursday was at the production plant of Dairy Giant,FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC,located in Ogba,Lagos State.The administration of Governor Bagudu was working on how to grow the diary industry and tap into the experience of the company to empower dairy farmers in Kebbi State with added emphasis on women. The dairy organization commenced a‘Dairy Development Program’ in August 2010 to build up commercial scale dairy farming and works with local dairy farmers that have milked for subsistence for generations.The company,popularly known…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo SAN on Monday said that Federal government was set to reposition and cash on the land size comparative advantage of Niger State to produce food that will feed half of Africa.He disclosed this at the first Niger State Investment Summit in Minna,Niger state capital. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, immediate past military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Niger State Governor,Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello also strongly canvassed for single digit interest rate on credit advanced by financial institutions to farmers and for agro-business. The acting President…

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has called on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to collaborate with the Sokoto state government in the area of leather clusters and agro-allied industries. He said the state government will continue to explore areas of possible collaboration with local and international agencies for the mutual benefit benefit of all parties.Tambuwal spoke in Sokoto when he hosted the new USAID Mission Director for Nigeria, Mr. Stephen M. Haykin in his office.“We have benefited immensely from past relationships with USAID in areas…