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Early this year the Food Connection Challenge called upon SMEs in Nigeria to submit their innovative ideas to reduce post – harvest losses, selected participants benefited from workshops, trainings and innovation coaching to improve their business ideas. The event also availed participating entrepreneurs in agribusiness the opportunity to network with key players and angel investors […]
No fewer than one thousand exhibitors have so far indicated their interest to take part in this year’s Katsina Agricultural show slated to begin on Tuesday next week. The chairman of the main organising committee and Managing Director of the state Agricultural Development Authority, Ibrahim Musawa said the three days vent aimed at showcasing the […]
…agro produce to sell at lower prices The Edo State Government has said that its Food and Agro Fair will hold in Benin City, the state capital, from December 10 to 20 and will ensure that farmers sell food items directly to consumers at affordable prices during the Yuletide season. Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives […]
Poultry Rising from a three-day ‘Nigeria Poultry Show,’ organised by the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), in Abeokuta, Ogun State, participants have urged government, at all levels to invest heavily in the sector and also create conducive environment for private sector to invest. The yearly show brings together owners of poultry farms and its allies […]
Innovations: Come 8 November 2018, ARRIGONI S.p.A., a leading designer and manufacturer of protective screens for agriculture, will be at EIMA 2018 (hall 34, stand B3) with a number of big innovations.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are partnering to convene a national workshop on the Commodity Alliance Forum (CAF). The CAF which was pioneered by the IFAD Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in six states of Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Niger, Ogun and Taraba galvanized smallholder farmers […]
Kano, Niger and Kebbi countries won the best exhibitors at the 2018 National Agricultural Exhibition. Representing awards to exhibitors, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, said that states are actively involved in crops, fisheries, large and small ruminants at the exhibition. He appreciated the recipients of the awards and encouraged others […]
The Agric exhibition is on display at the World Food Fair in Lagos, Lagos. • BATNF supports farmers • More than 821 million people starve around the world• Ambode repeats commitment to economic diversification• Stanbic IBTC allocated N50b to support agriculture Signs of food insecurity around the world mean that by 2030, significant work remains […]
Just 2 weeks left to to register for the VI International Conference “Black Sea Oil Trade-2018”! Take your chance to join a leading meeting point of the Black Sea and global oilseed market operators. The conference will be held on September 20, 2018 in Hilton, Kyiv, Ukraine. CONFERENCE AGENDA IS AVAILABLE HERE. Agribusiness operators from […]
“Agriculture Achiever” The Managing Director of Presco Plc, Mr. Felix Nwabuko has emerged winner of the 2018 ‘Achiever in Agriculture’ award. Receiving the award at a ceremony in Abuja not too long ago, Nwabuko projected sustained progress for the agricultural sector. He additionally used the chance to commend numerous policies put in place by the […]
“AgroNigeria Hosts Feed Nigeria Summit, Agric” As part of efforts aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and boosting the larger economy of the country, AgroNigeria, the Voice of Nigeria’s agriculture, is organizing the Feed Nigeria Summit and the Nigeria Agriculture Awards between July 30th and 31st 2018 at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. The summit, tagged “Consolidating the […]
Agric investors groan as fall armyworms invade farmlands: Farmers across the country have called on the government, scientists and other stakeholders to urgently intervene and find a lasting solution to the armyworm invasion ravaging the farms. As farmers flee their farmlands due to increasing insecurity across the country, another set of invaders are on the […]
Stakeholders in the organic farming sector are advocating the need to put pressure on the Federal Government to enact policies that will encourage farmers to go back to organic farming, to promote healthy ecosystem in the country. While making the assertion at the 2018 National Organic Agriculture Business Summit (NOABS), with the theme: “Organic Agriculture: […]
Organic agriculture is key to Nigeria’s economic development, Dr Benoy Berry, the chairman and founder of CONTEC Global has said. (Nigeria Organic Agriculture) Dr Berry, who disclosed this when he was honoured with an award by the Nigeria Youth Congress (NYC) at the weekend, said organic agriculture remained the only way jobs can be created […]
In photos the Nigeria-Britain Association 2018 Annual Lecture Series “Agriculture: The New Goldmine”