Major chocolate makers, including Ferrero, Nestle and Mars, agreed on Thursday a landmark initiative to tackle deforestation in top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana – a move hailed by Prince Charles. Twelve cocoa and chocolate companies agreed to “a statement of collective intent” committing them to work to end deforestation and forest degradation in […]
The National Association of Cassava Growers has appointed the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk, as its grand patron in recognition of his contribution to agriculture. The President of the association, Pastor Segun Adewunmi, who presented the letter of appointment to the emir in Daura on Thursday, in Daura said the appointment took immediate effect. […]
The Federal Government and state governments have called on China-Africa Machinery Corporation (CAMACO) to slash its interest rate on its proposed 4.5-billion-dollar farm mechanisation loan to one per cent. The governments made the request on Thursday during a meeting of the Technical Implementation Committee of CAMACO with state Commissioners of Agriculture in Abuja. News Agency […]
The Plateau Government, through the Anchor Borrower’s programme, has distributed N9 million worth of farm inputs to 225 farmers in the state. Mrs Linda Barau, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said while distributing the items on Wednesday in Jos, that the programme was aimed at empowering farmers in the state. According to […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Tuesday said the policy on the ban of importation of rice and wheat has enabled the country to save $5m daily. Ogbeh said this while speaking in Garun Baba village, Kano during this year’s wheat farm harvest ceremony. “The tariff increase introduced in December last year saw […]
— Ekweremadu wants better welfare for Nigerians in Chinese firms The trade volume between Nigeria and China for the year 2016 has been put at an estimated $13 billion, with activities in various sectors of Nigeria’s economy. This is as the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, called for better working standards and conditions for […]
Public Servants have been urged to go into farming in line with the Federal Government’s diversification policy. The principal manager, Development Finance Office, Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs Augustine Osuya, made the call during a sensitization outreach, organized for the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Port Harcourt recently.. […]
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr. Bisi Yusuff on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show more commitment in tackling unemployment problem in the country by providing enabling environment for more people to go into large scale farming. Yusuff, the Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts (Local) told the newsmen that […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed the determination of his government to ensure the growth of the country’s industry and agriculture, stressing: “it is only by growing our economy that we can solve the problems of our economy, principally youth unemployment.” According to the President, his government took over an administration that had already […]
An agriculturist and renowned practical farmer in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, Luke Chukwu says the Federal Government was now coming to the right track by accepting agriculture as key to diversifying the ailing economy, and put it on the wheel of recovery from the raging economic recession. This is as he is […]
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri, has assured that agriculture would be the nation’s economic savior. According to a press statement obtained by The Tide, the minister stated this during a facility tour to Atlantic Shrimps Farm in Badagry, Lagos State, recently. He stated that Nigeria could reclaim her lost […]
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has unveiled its agenda for this year’s international trade fair, with focus on charting the path of recovery in terms of industrialisation and sustainable growth. Indeed, the Organisers of the 2017 Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF), LCCI announced that this year’s fair, scheduled to hold from Friday […]
Kenya’s central-bank chief and the CEO of Nigeria’s investment authority discuss their nations’ growth prospects. Africa today is a continent with starkly contrasting growth stories. Kenya, with its diversified economy and relatively strong institutions, weathered the recent crash in commodities prices fairly well, while nations more dependent on oil and mining, such as Nigeria, took […]
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the diversification of Nigeria’s economy into agriculture and solid minerals are not enough to take the country out of recession. He therefore stated noted the need to deploy science and technology in an effective and efficient manner, adding that if the country embraces […]
The Jigawa State Government is eyeing a N5 billion loan under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to revolutionizing agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim who briefed journalists on the outcome of the state’s executive council meeting, explained that the […]