Sentences with phrase «agriculture land holding»

He assured that the his administration will continue to build on the policies put in place by the previous administration to enhance rapid development in the sector, adding that so far, the government has energized the Agriculture Land Holding Authority (ALHA), to make more land readily available for Agricultural development.

Not exact matches

The general manager for strategy behind the $ 155 million Sustainable Agriculture Fund, Deo de Jesus, says the diversification of the fund's farmland holdings has been a crucial factor in helping it to deliver yet another strong operating profit and rise in land vale.

According to the ex-president: «There is no lack of willingness to engage in agriculture by women» but observed factors such as male - dominated land holding systems and lack of access to finance for agricultural production among others, have limited the participation of women in the agric sector.

While emphasizing that the south west holds the future of food security in Nigeria, Governor Ambode said the available massive arable and fertile land had placed the region on a sound footing to use agriculture not only to grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region but also to ensure food availability for the country.

Ajimobi, who disclosed this at the town hall meeting held for the people of Oyo and Ogbomoso geo - political zones on Tuesday, also stated that the government would revoke the ownership of any unused fertile land for agriculture.

Participation in the reserve is voluntary, with landowners submitting bids for an annual rental payment and the Agriculture Department looking for land with the highest environmental benefit if held out of production.

But the team also found that companies in Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hold licenses for industrial agriculture on another 8,400 square kilometers (3,243 square miles) of land.

If crop yields on existing farmland are boosted, pressure to convert forests to agriculture might be reduced, however, raising crop yields could also increase the incentive to convert more land to agriculture, Angelsen cautioned at a side event held at U.N. climate talks in Warsaw, Poland.

I'll say the division of atmosphere -, ocean - and land - centric models is an important one as ocean holds the most heat, atmosphere is the modifier of absorbed energy, and land is the most complex (in carbon cycle) and important wrt agriculture, maybe equal amounts of code / computing time should be assigned to all of these?

The Minister must, after consultation with the Commission and the Minister responsible for agriculture, «determine the categories of ceilings for agricultural land holdings in each district».

Foreign investors who buy, sell, or hold a direct or indirect interest in U.S. agricultural land must report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.