Farmers in areas that rely on short rains for crop production have a reason to smile following the Government's move to buy 80,000 tonnes of fertiliser to reduce its prices.
As parts of efforts towards making youths self reliant, the Katsina State Government has put in place measures for the training of selected youths in the area of kaolin processing and chemical fertiliser blending.
Farmers are generating more income from beans after the introduction of new bean varieties, according to research by the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) and other partners such as the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
The fisheries ministry has advised fish processing and exporting companies to explore opportunities of exporting mukene (silver fish) to the international market.
The spread of the Internet to rural areas has sparked off excitement among residents giving them hope for future flourishing businesses through communication with the outside world.
NATIONAL Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), has called on the federal government to place a total ban on the importation of beverages and confectioneries into the country, saying the nation has the capacity to produce local needs
The ministry of agriculture recently launched the second phase of the 17-year Rural Sector Support Project (RSSP). The World Bank has pledged US$ 100 million.
With diminished access to European markets threatening to cost African farmers millions of dollars in lost exports, experts warned growers to move fast and take advantage of local and regional opportunities.
The Rivers State Government has approved the construction of 1000 tons of cold-rooms in strategic locations in its readiness to establish fish farms across the state.
Government said on Tuesday that 6.4 million of the people currently need emergency food aid due to drought, and appealed for a further $265 million from donors.
The prevalent global financial crisis that has pushed up the cost of food items around the world may force over 100 million people especially in developing countries into starvation, a World Bank report has said.
ABOUT 30 men and women involved in different levels of the local fishing industry completed an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management course in Walvis Bay last week.
Supply of energy, especially in the rural areas, still has a long way to go. The Ministry of Infrastructure, with the help of the Belgian Cooperation, is trying to find remedies.
MEAT producers are sceptical about Government's plans to restructure Meatco, with tempers flaring at the last of several information meetings in Windhoek yesterday.
Swaziland's failure to take advantage of the opportunity to export unlimited quantities of beef to the lucrative European Union (EU) market is being attributed to poor animal husbandry, high livestock mortality rates, and cultural practices that deter farmers from selling
