Tag: Agriculture
-
Tinubu Urges Graduates to Cultivate New Career Paths in Agriculture
In a goodwill message delivered at the 36th convocation of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), President Bola Tinubu challenged recent graduates to expand their career horizons beyond traditional white-collar employment. The message, delivered by Florence Obi, vice chancellor of the University of Calabar, Tinubu said, “The period white-collar jobs were readily available has…
-
Nigeria Signs $2.5 Billion Livestock Deal With Brazil’s JBS
President Bola Tinubu has sealed a landmark deal with JBS S.A., one of the world’s largest meat processing companies, during a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday. The partnership aims to transform Nigeria’s $2.5 billion livestock sector while addressing long-standing farmer-herder conflicts that have plagued the nation. Speaking at the signing ceremony, President…
-
Nigerian Onion Farmers Face Over 50% Post-Harvest Losses, Warn of Impending Price Hikes
Nigeria’s onion producers are sounding the alarm over a storm of challenges threatening the industry, with crippling post-harvest losses, soaring production costs and the devastating impacts of climate change converging to undermine the sector’s stability. In a recent press conference in Sokoto, Alhaji Aliyu Maitasamu, the President of the National Onion Producers, Processors, and Marketers…