Web 2.0 And Social Media The New Frontier In Agriculture

Web 2.0 And Social Media is the new best thing in Agriculture in the area of data collection, analysis and presentation. Web 2.0 is a more interactive web and it helps our work to be easier in sharing document via google drive and dropbox. Google

How Can Agriculture Help In Overcoming Recession In Nigeria

Are you tired of the present-day economic melt-down in our country? Do you know the level of progress and great significance of agriculture in Nigeria? We will make an analysis of the agribusiness in Nigeria for you. Let's consider the main difficulties impeding the progress of agriculture in the country, and reveal the ways of solving existing problems, as well as prospects for the agricultural economics. 

FERTILIZER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION IN NIGERIA

Introduction

Nigeria has great potentials for fertilizer consumption and use.  A study conducted by the Agricultural Projects Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (APMEU) in 1990 put the agronomic potential at 7 million metric tons.  With increased release of higher yielding and fertilizer consuming crop varieties, this potential is now much higher than the 7 million metrics tons.  It is now generally estimated to be around 12 million metric tons per annum.  Despite this high potential, supply and consumption, which peaked at average of 1 million metric tons per annum from 1984 – 1996, has now dropped significantly to an average of 500,000 metric tons per annum since the deregulation of the industry in 1997.

Minister of Agric Inaugurates Committee on National Farmers’ Day

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has inaugurated a committee to plan and organize the first ever National Farmers’ Day celebration in Nigeria.

Inaugurating the Committee in his office on Tuesday, 10th January, 2017, the Minister stated that the National Farmers’ Day is to showcase agricultural equipment and products in Nigeria to encourage farmers to do more and return farming/agriculture to its place of pride.

FG Reserves 5,000 Hectares of Farm Land For Youth and Women in Kwali, Abuja

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has announced the setting aside of 5,000 hectares of farm land from the Federal Capital Development Authority’s (FCDA’s) 15,000 hectares of farm land for youths and women, as part of a ‘Farm for Life Scheme’ of his Ministry.