Agric: US Invests $165m in Nigeria in Four Years The United States on Thursday announced that it had invested about $165m (N50.56bn at the official exchange...
NIRSAL’s Commodity Initiative Gets N70bn Boost from Ecobank The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ecobank on N70bn...
Africa’s Emerging Agritech Market Worth Euro 5.3b Africa’s emerging Agritech market is now valued at Euro 5.3 billion according to a new report by the Technical...
Smallholders’ Farmers Get FG’s N120bn Loan A total of 720,000 small-holder farmers have received credit facility totalling N120.6bn through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’...
Improved Governance in Agric Sector Will Reduce Poverty – Oxfam Mr Constant Tchona, the Country Director of OXFAM in Nigeria, an NGO says improved governance in...
Farmers Want Cocoa Drink included in FG Feeding Programme The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) has called for the inclusion of cocoa drink in the...
Nigeria Among Countries With High Deforestation Rate Globally — NEWMAP Nigeria loses between 450,000 and 600,000 hectares of forest to deforestation annually to rank among the...
NAHCO to Expand Agric Export, Begins Equipment Overhaul The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc has revealed plans to expand its agricultural export business following growth prospects...
‘Africa Needs Double Seed Production to Feed Population’ Africa needs to double its seed production to feed the entire population by 2050, OCP Africa said in...
‘CBN Under Emefiele Has Been Friendly to Farmers’ A group of farmers in Nigeria have applauded the recent reappointment of the Governor of the Central Bank...