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[ad_1] Over 65 percent of Nigerians are outside the financial services envelope, with millions unbanked or under-banked. The combination of COVID-19 disruptions and the widening digital divide in the rural and underserved areas has threatened the attainment of financial inclusion targets in Nigeria. This partnership between Releaf and OnePipe is thus a welcome initiative to […]
[ad_1] With the aim to ensure food security and empowerment through diversification, Delta State Government through the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) is set to empower 400 cassava farmers with fertilizers and chemicals. Speaking in Asaba on Saturday, the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof Eric Eboh said that the YAGEP scheme has provided […]
[ad_1] The National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN), Arc. Kabir Ibrahim has flayed the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) for lacking current policy to drive agricultural development in the country. Ibrahim who stated this in an exclusive interview with Daily Independent in Abuja lamented that the ministry lacks some current […]
[ad_1] agriculture Corporate Farmers International has unveiled three initiatives —Agricultural e-learning Academy, Eko School Agric and Farm Support Service, to uplift agriculture in the country and close major gaps within the sector. The initiatives, in partnership with Lagos, Kebbi state and Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), is designed to provide relevant information about agriculture, its […]
[ad_1] International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in conjunction with the Federal Government has reiterated the need to leverage food system to end poverty and achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) by 2030. The National Agrobusiness Promotion Coordinator of Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Mrs. Anthonia Ezenwa, disclosed this at the Rural Community […]
[ad_1] The Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, (IAR&T) Ibadan, Oyo State has advised Governors and farmers in the Southwest region to embrace irrigation farming system without further delay. Executive Director of the institute, Professor Veronica Obatolu disclosed this while declaring open a one-day consultation workshop on irrigation development with the theme “Farmer-led irrigation and […]
[ad_1] A leading energy company, Shell, Thursday, inaugurated a multi-billion-naira Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited built in partnership with the Rivers State Government, Vieux Manioc BV of the Netherlands, and the Embassy of The Netherlands in Nigeria. According to Shell, it will support the economy and earning power of the Rivers State and its people […]
[ad_1] Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has said seed money has been earmarked by his administration to encourage massive cultivation of cassava across the state. Wike made the disclosure at the inauguration of the Rivers State Cassava Processing Plant at Afam town in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state, yesterday. The governor, according […]
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, have welcomed an US$9mn contribution from the European Union (EU) that will enable countries in the Horn of Africa to maintain a state of readiness in the face of a possible resurgence of Desert Locusts FAO welcomes new allocation to […]
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF) has launched the Africa Agribusiness Qualification (AAQ) programme for Africans who want to contribute to Africa’s Agenda 2063 for food security, nutrition, and the agricultural sector Applications are now open for the AGCO Agriculture Foundation’s Africa Agribusiness Qualification Program in South Africa. (Image source: AGCO) Starting 1 September 2021, the […]
[ad_1] Rice farmers in Nguru local government area of Yobe State have called on the intervention of the state government over the destruction of their farmlands by herders in the state. Kalisu Gure, a Manager of Slightedge Rice Mill while lamenting on the herder’s recent invasion said that a rice farm company with 200 hectares […]
[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has inaugurated a Cassava Plant at Afam in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers. Mr Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the Chief Information Officer in the ministry, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The minister during the inauguration on Thursday said the processing […]
[ad_1] Corporate Farmers’ International (CFI), in partnership with the Lagos and Kebbi state governments, as well as the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), has unveiled three new agricultural products and services aimed to further change the narrative of Nigeria’s agriculture sector by closing the major gaps within the area. The platforms, which include e-Learning Academy, […]
[ad_1] Nigeria will come June 7,2021 join the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Food Safety Day. In light of this, the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Academy of Nigeria (HAN), the first food safety institute in the country, will be marking the day with a lineup of activities to create […]
[ad_1] Agriculture should be seen more as a business venture that has a lot of opportunities. Agriculture is widespread and many people might take to this sector with a modern, business mind. “We have to see how to invest and make more money in agriculture. Agriculture is not for poor people, not for uneducated people, […]