IN JULY 2014, Akinwumi Adesina, then minister of agriculture and rural development, predicted that Nigeria would become Africa's largest rice exporter 'in five years',...
Wattana Kunwongse, Thailand’s ambassador to Nigeria, has dismissed remarks attributed to Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture, that Thailand’s rice exports fell drastically as a...
Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said that Nigeria’s high interest rates is partly responsible for the high cost of locally produced rice as against the imported ones.
Six thousand bags of fertilizer were distributed to 1,500 farmers as 400 surface irrigation water pumps were also handed over to over 62 farmers' groups in Jega and Birnin Kebbi Local Government Areas of Kebbi States.
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello has called for caution with regards to the export of essential farm produce to neighbouring countries for monetary gains, saying that such ventures may expose the country to food insecurity.