Ogun
Ogun State food market and agricultural news
Ogun Gives Inputs, Tractors to 10,000 Farmers
Ogun State has begun distributing subsidised fertiliser, herbicides, cassava stems, tractors and 1,200 smartphones to 10,000 rice and cassava farmers. Farmers pay 30% of input …
Ogun Unveils Input Package for 10,000 Farmers
Ogun State will supply fertiliser, herbicide and cassava stems to 10,000 rice and cassava farmers, with farmers paying 30% of the cost. Governor Dapo Abiodun …
Swine Fever Crashes Ogun Pig Prices
An African Swine Fever outbreak in Ogun State has cut the price of live pigs from ₦2,000 to ₦2,500 per kg to ₦700 to ₦900 …
Food Now Takes Half of Family Income
A Lagos worker on ₦120,000 a month now spends ₦45,000 to ₦55,000 of it on food, up from ₦30,000 to ₦35,000 a year ago. An …
Sunbeth Bets on Cocoa and Cashew Plants
Sunbeth Global Concepts, one of Nigeria's largest cocoa exporters, is building a 70,000-tonne cocoa processing factory and an 80,000-tonne cashew plant in Ogun State. Due …
Nigeria Rolls Out Community Food Banks
Nigeria has begun opening community food banks nationwide, with the South-West rollout launched in Ogun. The scheme feeds vulnerable children, pregnant women and nursing mothers, …
Lagos and Ogun Get New Veterinary Health Centres
The Federal Government has handed over new Veterinary Primary Health Centres in Epe, Lagos and Ijebu Igbo, Ogun, part of a plan for 774 such …
Nigeria Is Building Its Largest Cattle Ranch. Can It Finally Reduce a ₦1.3 Billion Daily Beef Import Bill?
Ogun State plans to build Nigeria's largest dairy and cattle ranch in Ipokia and Yewa South LGAs, starting with 5,000 cattle. The project targets a …