Early rain: Expert advises farmers against early planting

Farmers in Ekiti have been advised against planting of crops following early rainfall being recorded.

An agriculturalist, Mr Durojaye Omole, gave the advice in Ikole, Ekiti, on Wednesday in an interview with NAN.

He noted that the ground was not wet enough for planting despite the downpour in recent days.

Oyo farmers declare support for Jonathan

Farmers in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State have pledged support for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

They made the declaration in Iseyin on Tuesday at an interactive session with Chief Olajumoke Akinjide, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who was on a campaign tour of the area.

The spokesman of the farmers, Alhaji Hassan Tijani, said that Nigerians needed a leader who would uphold the unity of the country and see Nigeria as one entity irrespective of tribe, religion or political affiliation.

Poultry farmers pledge to cooperate with government to curtail bird flu

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) on Wednesday said it would cooperate with the Federal and state governments to curtail the spread of Avian flu in the country.

The President of the Association, Dr Ayoola Oduntan, gave the assurance in Abuja at an emergency meeting of stakeholders with the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on the outbreak of avian influenza in Nigeria

Northern yam farmers to raise N5bn for Buhari’s presidential campaign

A group of yam farmers cutting across some northern states in the country has pledged to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari’s campaign in the 2015 general elections with N5 billion.

The group disclosed this in a statement in Jos on Tuesday.

Rev. Jacob Musa, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the farmers under the name ``Buhari-Osibajo Presidential Appeal Campaign Fund (BOPCAF), said that farmers from 10 states of the federation were planning the fund raiser.

GES: 11, 500 wheat farmers to receive fertilisers, seeds in Kano

No fewer than 11, 500 wheat farmers in Kano State will benefit from the Federal Government’s fertilisers and other farm inputs during the current dry season farming.

Alhaji Adamu Shehu, the Acting Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Tuesday.

Shehu said the federal government had started distributing the commodity under its Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) to the registered farmers in five designated centres across the state.