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The agriculture industry is an industry that has loads of business opportunities for investors and aspiring entrepreneurs. As a matter of fact, any serious minded entrepreneur who is willing to work very hard can easily make his or her first million dollars from farming. The bottom line is that there are markets for agric produce […]
The agriculture industry is indeed a very large industry and it is responsible for the employment of loads of skilled and unskilled labor through out the whole world. It is a fact that there are several money spinning business opportunities in the agric sector and any serious minded investor can leverage on them to make […]
Dangote Foundation says it has donated food items and relief materials worth N1.3 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees in the North-East within the past five months. Ms Zouera Youssoufou, Dangote Foundation Chief Executive, said in a statement that about 106 trailer loads of basic necessities were provided in its fresh humanitarian intervention […]
The Provost of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Dr. Samson Adeola Odedina, has urged government at all levels to make agriculture more attractive to the youths, so as to utilise the value added chain opportunities. Odedina, who stated this in Akure, during the celebration of icons and launching by the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters’ […]
Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe, has described governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, as revolutionary in his economic management strategy. According to Chief Ogbe, the CBN governor has etched his name in the annals of Nigeria’s economic management history as revolutionary with the rice revolution he started across the country. […]
Towards combating economic recession through agriculture, experts have called for the empowerment of smallholder family farmers and involvement of Public, Private Partnership (PPP). Seasoned resource persons at a recent workshop organised by the National Association of Agriculture Journalists (NAAJ), with the theme: “Sustainable Agriculture Under Economic Recession,” in Lagos, suggested strategies for government, agricultural stakeholders […]
— Due To Higher Production Cost, More Demand In the face of soaring price of imported rice, the demand and consumption of locally produced rice has increased tremendously in recent time, just as farmers are smiling to the bank, due to the patronage they are enjoying. A rice farmer in Asaba, Delta State, Mr. […]
Towards ensuring availability of certified quality Cassava seeds, the National Seed Council (NASC) in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR ) programs on Roots, Tubers and Banana, organised an economically sustainable Cassava Seed System Basics workshop on Cassava Seed Certification Training for NASC […]
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) has urged the Federal Government to implement the cassava bread policy which proposed a 20 per cent cassava flour additive in bread baking. Dr Gloria Elemo, Director-General, FIIRO, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Elemo said […]
*A bag of rice goes for N19000, beans N40,000 The current economic recession in the country occasioned by the fall in the prices of oil in the international market has dealt a devastating blow on Nigerians. Following the depreciation of the naira against the dollar among other economic challenges, Nigerian families now grapple with astronomical […]
Participants at a rountable on rice, which featured major producers, have said the crop is essential to the continued health, wealth and prosperity of Nigeria. This is contained in the communiqué issued at the end of the roundtable on the rice supply chain development held in Minna, Niger State capital. It was organised by Agribusiness […]
Atlantic Shrimpers Limited (ASL) has opened its state-of-the-art shrimp farm in Iworo-Ajido, a rural community in Badagry, Lagos. The shrimp farm, the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, will boost Nigeria’s production capacity in the seafood market. It will hatch, nurture and process shrimps to serve Nigeria and the export market. Lagos State Governor […]
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is scouting for about $200 million yearly over the next five years to deliver targeted impacts on African agriculture, its Director-General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga, has said. IITA is one of the world’s leading research partners in finding solutions to hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Sanginga, who listed the institute’s […]
Promasidor Nigeria Limited Chief Keith Richard has said the food industry is under pressure to develop clean products. At the just-concluded CEO Roundtable in Lagos, Richard said stakeholders across the value chain, including producers, primary and value-added processors, retailers and distributors, needed an enabling environment to impact on the market through sale of good food […]
Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 30,000 Congo 500 342 30,000 500 0 0 Garri (White) 60Kg 17,000 Congo 270 225 17,000 270 0 0 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg […]