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The development and maintenance of an efficient, reliable infrastructure system is critical to the success of American agriculture. To ensure that the necessary investments are made, Agri-Pulse and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recently held a Rural Infrastructure Summit to address challenges and propose potential solutions. “Infrastructure is undoubtedly linked to agriculture and rural […]
USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced today that it is offering some much-needed relief to financially stressed farmers by making an additional $185 million worth of direct and guaranteed loans available in the short remainder of this fiscal year. The additional funds will make it possible to issue or guarantee 1,900 loans to farmers who already […]
Monday, 29th August, 2016 will, for a long time, go down on record as a day that a uniquely august occasion was witnessed by farmers, agro-business gentry and other numerous stakeholders, in Oke Odan. L-R: Mr. Tiko Okoye, MD/CEO Fortis Microfinance and Mr. Kunle Abdul Chairman, Mowe Investmenrt Limited. This was the official launch of […]
Ninety one workers sacked in 2013 by the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, resumed work on Thursday. Welcoming the workers, Acting Executive Director of the institute, Abiodun Okelana, said their reinstatement was ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari after a thorough investigation by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. She assured them that the institute would […]
A major rice dealer in Umuahia, Chief Anthony Ndubuka, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall in Nigeria. Ndubuka expressed the optimism in Umuahia on Thursday while speaking on the high price of the grains in the country. He said that the grains would become affordable as soon as farmers began […]
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku writes that with the increasing interest of Nigerian banks in agriculture and strong government backing, the sector can be developed to become a major revenue earner for the country in the near future Erisco Foods Limited, an indigenous manufacturer of food products in Nigeria, has, over the last one year, even without a […]
As part of efforts to address the unemployment challenges facing the country, Nigeria youths have been charged to invest in agriculture and harness the useful potentials of the sector. The advice was given at a recent interactive session organised by the Centre for Ethics and Cultural Orientation (CECO) in Lagos. Speaking at the one of […]
An expert in the maritime industry, Prince Olu Ologbese has flayed a statement credited to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Director of Development Finance, Mr. Garba Ibrahim on the Federal Government agricultural policies. Ibrahim was quoted saying among other things that Nigeria has not been consistent in her agricultural policies over the years. […]
— To Engage and Empower over 10,000 Farmers Legend and Genius Company Limited, owners of www.agrobusinessngr.com an agric consultancy establishment, last Friday, signed a partnership deal with Wealth-Sure Global Resources Group, represented by Elder David Segbenu, working closely with Mokk Investments Limited for massive cassava production, which is projected at engaging over 10,000 farmers under […]
Do you put your tomatoes in the fridge? I’ve been working on a project at work, a children’s book that tells the story of tomatoes from the farm to their school cafeteria. Part of the story talks about all the ways you can use tomatoes and how to store them. It seems everyone has a […]
At 24 years old, Adrian Ivory left his picturesque farm in Perthshire, Scotland, for a job in the London, England, financial sector. “I had always planned to go back to farming,” he says. “This was a chance to see how a different sector worked and to see if I would enjoy living in a big […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has called on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies in Nigeria to support the economic diversification efforts of the federal government, by deploying ICT solutions for the enhancement of agricultural and mining sectors. Chris Ngige Ngige made the call at a recent meeting with the Abuja […]
The minister of agriculture and rural development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said that Nigeria has worked with more than 4,500 extension agents and three million smallholder farmers in the diffusion of improved crop varieties since 1992. It was reported yesterday, signed by the special adviser to the minister on media, Ogbeh made the statement in […]
Hon. Oghenekaro Adjarho, is the national chairman, Banana and Plantain Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, in this exclusive interview with Ruth Tene Natsa, he spoke on the need for government to be more involved in banana and plaintain cultivation business and lots more.Excerpts. Are there particular climates to grow plantains? Yes, but in […]
Anytime I hear Nigerian presidents, ministers, governors, economists, analysts and commentators declare that agriculture is the alternative to oil, and that the solution to Nigeria’s economic woes is to return to the farm, I am tempted to jump up and ask at full volume: “Who agriculture alone don epp?” Some states have hilariously declared work-free […]