AfDB Will Invest $2bn In Nigeria By 2019 – Adesina
The level of investments in Nigeria by the African Development Bank (AfDB) will grow to $8billion from the present $6 billion, the President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has said.
The level of investments in Nigeria by the African Development Bank (AfDB) will grow to $8billion from the present $6 billion, the President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has said.
Benue Killings: The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has warned that the current herders and farmers clashes across the country are capable of derailing efforts of the country in the area of agricultural development and diversification needed for the development of the country.
IITA/AfDB: Scientists, development specialists, agricultural experts, representatives from national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), and entrepreneurs from the private sector mainly from Africa will assemble in IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria on 22-25 January 2018, for the inauguration and planning workshop of the African Development Bank (AFDB)-funded program called Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT).
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) have been lauded for their roles in the provision of credible extension delivery to all agricultural value chains in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will aggressively push and support farmers to boost the production of tomato, cocoa and palm oil across the country in 2018.
Since the pronouncement by Rochas Okorocha, Imo State governor, that his administration has mass produced rice called “Imo Rice International,” a cross section of the people including farmers have challenged the Governor to show to the world the location and size of the rice farm in the state.
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says the bank has taken its “farming is cool’’ initiative to schools in the country in order to ensure a generational shift in the agriculture sector.
Urban Farming: The planet is growing more food than ever, and yet millions of people continue to starve worldwide. People are hungry everywhere in the country, in the suburbs.
About 40 participants in Iloffa, Oke-Ero Local Government area of Kwara, have benefitted from a training programme on Cassava Value Chain Development.
The General Manager, Kaduna Agricultural Development Agency (KADA), Dauda Ashafa has called on farmers in Kaduna state to move from the tradition farming methods to modern once with a view to accessing finance and technological knowhow to add value to their crops.
Legislators opposed to the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, 2012 say government should increase the budget for agriculture instead of introducing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) to counter food insecurity and other climate change challenges.
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has charged the management of Sterling Bank to focus more on agriculture financing in support of the Federal Government’s goals of diversifying the economy to address the country’s almost total dependence on proceeds from the oil and gas sector.
Cattle Colony: The Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) has rejected the suggestion made by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, that the solution to frequent clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers is to establish cattle colonies in the country.
Seeds Importation: The AfricaSeeds, a programme of the African Union, has appealed for partnership with Nigeria to develop Africa’s seeds industry and stop importation of seeds on the continent.
Despite opposition by some civic groups, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, said it is to carry out confined field trials, CFT, on genetically modified cassava.