Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu says the price of local rice will soon drop to N 10,000 a bag. He stated this at the opening of the two-day AgroNigeria High-Level Rice Conference yesterday in Abuja. Bagudu noted that Nigeria had the capacity to tap into the 600-700 MT Global Rice Market as rice is grown […]
Rice, Cotton Value Chain: The federal government is planning to spend N3.47 billion on the development of value chain of rice and cotton – the two areas government said it is determined to attain self- sufficiency.
President of Harvestfield Industries Limited, Martins Aderemi Awofisayo, an indigenous agro and healthcare company recently signed-in by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, for the manufacture and distribution of Aflasafe, has assured to return Nigeria to lost days ..
Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector: Nigeria is on the verge of diversification, enhancing the agricultural sector as one of the key drivers. In this report Addullahi Olesin from Ilorin writes, calling on government and agricultural developers for proper pricing of farm produce which will in turn aid the way to modernisation of Agriculture in Nigeria. As Nigeria […]
As part of efforts to stimulate economic activities, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has disclosed plan by the central bank, in collaboration with the banks to deploy part of the Agri-business, SME Investment Scheme Fund (AGSMEIS) fund to the “vulnerable sector in the next few days.”
Farmers: Sunny DeLegend Services, an NGO, in collaboration with Kogi Government on Saturday trained 500 farmers on “Agriculture Beyond Food: E-commerce Training”.
Agric Development: The Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two firms on agricultural development.
Everyone sat on a thatched blanket spread outside under the warm sun, near the tobacco curing barn, with flat farmland, green grass and the occasional tree stretching as far as the eye could see.
The government is to make available 15,000 metric tonnes of improved seeds for distribution to 500,000 farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme (PFJ) this year.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA) spent about USD 50 million to support agricultural projects in Angola.
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Agro-Chemical Industry: Stakeholders in the agro-chemical industry have called on the Federal Government to immediately address the issue of multiple regulations in the industry, so as not to plunge the country into food crisis.
The Federal government has procured Agricultural produce processing machines worth six hundred and forty three million and five hundred Naira for farmers in the South East Zone.
Farmcrowdy, a digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced the launch of 7,500 acres of new maize and rice farms in Kaduna and Kwara States to meet growing demand for crop farms.