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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says Nigeria’s agricultural export earnings have increased by 180 per cent, reaching over N5 billion in the last one year. Mr Ogbeh said this in Abuja on Thursday when the ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...

Wattana Kunwongse, Thailand’s ambassador to Nigeria, has faulted a claim reportedly made by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, that Thailand accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation...

The Federal Government is considering setting up colonies where herdsmen would have facilities to rear their cattle. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this at a Strategy Retreat for Civil Servants and political appointees of the ministry in Abuja. “We...

Governors in Nigeria have been urged to make land available to youth farmers for the cultivation of cocoa. This plea was made yesterday by the Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki, at the first International Cocoa Summit in Abuja declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari. In his address, the...