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[ad_1] As East African countries seek funds to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its vulnerable populations, governments have racked up loans to deal with other threats like chronic diseases and natural disasters. This week, the World Bank approved $500 million in grants and low interest loans to combat the natural threat of […]
[ad_1] Forests provide support and sustenance for over 90 per cent of the extremely poor of the world population, a report indicated on Saturday. The report also said forests provide more than 86 million ‘green jobs’ to people around the world who rely on them for food security and livelihoods. The report was produced by […]
[ad_1] The funding will be used to construct what it describes as the largest mealworm facility for animal feed in North America. The post Insects for animal feed startup Beta Hatch raises $3m Series A1 appeared first on AgFunderNews. Read Original Report Here By Ag Funder News [ad_2]
[ad_1] If most people knew how some diseases threaten to take out their favorite foods, they’d go bananas. On average, humans around the world eat 130 bananas each year making them a staple but the global crop is at risk. Colombia declared a national state of emergency in 2019 when its banana crop, one of its top exports, […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Farmers across the country have continued to count the cost of the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on their productions. They lamented that the lockdown had, and is still having a negative impact on their businesses as a lot have been lost during the sit-at-home order. The farmers during a Webinar series […]
[ad_1] The Chief Executive Officer of Spectra Industries Limited, Duro Kuteyi, has stressed the need for Nigerians to regularly consume food products made from sorghum and soyabeans such as Hyfiba Sorghum-Soy meal to boost their immune system and wade off coronavirus infections and other health related issues. He made the call when the company donated […]
[ad_1] This is definitely not a good time for those in the aquaculture industry as they lamented that the various lockdown in the country has affected their businesses in no small measure. They said that COVID-19 has affected the entire value chain in the industry from pre-production, production, processing, storage, transportation, and marketing, leading to […]
[ad_1] Food stuff business venture is a very good agribusiness venture in Nigeria, and it could be in wholesale or retail and it is not limited to only raw food only, it can be combined with soup and stew ingredients. Food stuff business is one of the businesses that can be done anywhere irrespective of […]
[ad_1] European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to AgFunder’s latest research. Looking ahead to 2020, the picture is not so rosy with early indications of more muted funding levels between January and March of this year as the startup industry across sectors started […]
[ad_1] Urban farming gets a boost as the Singapore Food Agency and Housing & Development Board tender out nine multi-storey car park rooftops to growers. The post Singapore food and housing agencies to rent out public rooftops for urban farms appeared first on AgFunderNews. Read Original Report Here By Ag Funder News [ad_2]
[ad_1] Oil palm can fetch Nigeria as much revenue as the crude oil can so said the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. But self-inflicted challenges that de-ranked the country from the largest producer in the pre-independence era to the fifth producer are getting compounded by insecurity and land tenure system, […]
[ad_1] Youths in the Ogun State Broiler project have sold 54,000 broiler birds in an off-taking arrangement. The youth, numbering 54, were the beneficiaries of the project that was inaugurated in December 2019. The sale was officially consummated on Monday during the off-taking of the second cycle of 54,000 chickens at Odeda Farm Institute, Odeda, […]
[ad_1] ….experts call for more heat, draught resilient seeds Farmers are concerned that the 2020 rain-fed season is being marred by erratic rainfall from the onset. This time last year crops were already flourishing in farms but for this year, many are struggling to begin planting as the rain is yet to fully establish in […]
[ad_1] The Federal government and other relevant stakeholders must paid adequate attention to the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) if the country’s diversification efforts are to be successful, the President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Arc. Kabir Ibrahim, has said. Cross sections of grain farmers in the country also pleaded with the relevant federal […]
[ad_1] A group of contractors Wednesday blocked the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Minister’s entrance demanding the payment of N17 billion debt incurred under the 2018 contractual projects. But the ministry is yet to respond to their allegations. They were also demanding the sack of the Minister Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono and the […]