yam

A 35-year-old man, Sunday Williams, was on Monday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly stealing tubers of yam. Williams, whose address was not given, is facing a charge over stealing. The prosecutor,…

IN a bid to boost yam exportation Nigerian Yam Export Programme has developed a four-year action plan targeted at $10 billion earnings from yam export.  This was made known by the National Coordinator, Technical Committee on Nigerian Yam…

THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Thursday said despite criticisms on the ongoing yam export, the federal government will continue exporting the product as it has contributed immensely to the…

Commercial Seed Yam Production (with cost-return analysis), a book written by Bato Onyemaobi, the Programme Manager, Abia State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), has been launched and unveiled to the public. Speaking during…

IN June this year, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture, announced that the Federal Government was contemplating exporting yams. According to the minister, the country has sufficient yams for local consumption and much to export…

Ekiti State is set to receive a deluge of tourists and visitors on July 21 this year as the indigenes of Uro Quarters, Ikere Ekiti have mapped out plans to celebrate the new yam Festival. The Oba of Uro, His Royal Highness Akamuja…

THE All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) on Friday advised the Federal Government to revive ailing yam conditioning centres and establish some in all yam-producing communities nationwide. Chief Daniel Okafor, the Vice President,…

Nigeria will on Thursday begin yam exports to the United Kingdom with 72 tons of yams in three containers, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh said. He said the matter was tabled at the Federal Executive Council…

The Federal Government says it is strategizing to surpass Ghana in the export of yam to Europe and other continents. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this when he received the Technical Committee…

A total of 72 metric tons of yam will leave Nigeria for Europe and the United States next week, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed. The minister made the disclosure at the end of the…