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It’s all about packaging. This fruit seller was spotted wearing a suit while carrying out his business in Yola, Adamawa state. Bernard Kaigama, who had an encounter with him – revealed that the well dressed trader packages himself in such manner because he admires the way bankers dress. Below is what Bernard shared on Facebook. […]
Hajiya Aina’u Ibrahim, Gender Officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Office in Jigawa, has called for the introduction of more gender policies to boost the productivity of women in agriculture. Ibrahim made the call while speaking with journalists in Dutse on Wednesday. She noted that women constituted 70 per cent of the labour force […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed of plans by some investors from United Kingdom (U.K.) to come and train exporters of agricultural produce on the international standard for exporting their produce to forestall rejection. Ogbeh, who decried the rejection of agricultural produce at the international market as one too many, […]
Nigeria plans to build a 65 billion liters/year biofuel plant to boost supply of clean fuels in the country, state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday. NNPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Southwest Ondo state government to build the project, which will use cassava as a feedstock. NNPC group managing director Maikanti Baru […]
My father did not want me in agriculture because he was a poor farmer— AfDB President, Adesina When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last week, for the conferment of the 2017 World Food Prize award , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina received a standing ovation from international leaders, policy makers, […]
The African Development Bank has denied as untrue reports that it called off loans it granted to Nigeria. The AfBD had in November, 2016, approved a $600million loan to support Nigeria’s efforts to cope with macroeconomic and fiscal shocks that arose from the massive decline in price of crude oil. In a statement, yesterday, AfDB’s […]
Buyers in Egypt are increasingly shifting their focus to Ukrainian corn on the possibility of lower premiums amid a growing harvest and sourcing smaller parcels to cover the months of December and January as Argentine corn stocks swell. Over the past year, Egypt has been purchasing corn from Argentina and Brazil due to their competitive […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, disclosed during the weekend in chat with the press in Abuja, that British Airways has offered to fly Nigerian yams to the United Kingdom in a bid to sustain the export of the produce. He insisted that there was no alternative to the exportation of agricultural produce as the…” […]
The Speaker, Benue Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, says the Anti-Open Grazing Law, which comes into effect in the state on Nov. 1, will be fully implemented and enforced. Ikyange gave the assurance on Tuesday when members of the Strict Movement against Ravages in Tiv Land (SMART-Land) visited him in Makurdi. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
The world’s second largest Palm oil producing country, Malaysia is expected to increase by 15.5 percent this year and will grow by 2.5 percent in 2018, the government said on Friday. Malaysian output is forecast to rise to 20 million tonnes this year and to 20.5 million tonnes in 2018 due to better yields…” The […]
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), has unveiled an agricultural plan called Comprehensive Local Agriculture Plan, C-LAP, that is set to create over 1 million jobs in the rural areas. This was disclosed during the official launch of C-LAP yesterday, in Abuja, by the Director, Projects and International Cooperation, C-LAP, Dr Tanay…” The […]
Agrobusiness Times, Nigeria’s premier online medium on agriculture and its related businesses has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US-Nigeria Trade Council for the next US-Nigeria AgriBusiness (Non-Oil) Investment Summit, scheduled for November 16-18, 2107, at the prestigious Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel, in Atlanta, USA, as official media partners. By this MOU, AgroBusiness […]
The Data Analyst and Farmer Satisfaction Representative, Amo Group of Companies, Mr. Alaba Yunusa, has said that 70 per cent of the chicken consumed in Nigeria is imported. He made the statement while guiding journalists round some facilities belonging to Amo Byng, Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited and natnudO Foods in Oyo State. Yunusa pointed […]
Minis- ter of Finance in the Second Republic, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, said yesterday the International Monetary Fund, IMF, borrowed money from Nigeria in 1974. Alhaji, who revealed this when Senator Shehu Sani paid him a private visit in his residence in Sokoto, said he signed the loan agreement when he was Permanent Secretary at the […]
—Nigeria to create 45m jobs needed in Africa Business mogul, Aliko Dangote told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa […]