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The Ondo State Government said on Friday that it was set to boost agriculture in the state with the procurement of no fewer than 20 tractors before end of August. Mr. Adegboyega Adefarati, Commissioner for Agriculture, made this known during the distribution of 170,000 free cocoa seedlings to farmers in Owo and Ose Local Government Areas of the state. “Today, ...

“The Oyo State Government has called on landowners to release their idle lands to investors for cultivation so as to boost the state’s agricultural development.”- The Nation Prince Oyewole Oyewunmi, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, made the call a news conference in Ibadan on Wednesday. Gov. Abiola Ajimobi has repeatedly claimed that the major thrust of ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has assured Nigerians that there will be no land hijack by big farmers or politicians in the 15, 000 Agriculture City proposed by the Federal Government. Vanguard reports that Ogbeh cleared the doubt while answering questions from journalists about the protection of young people who wants to subscribe land for agribusiness ...