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Springfield Agro Limited, a subsidiary of Kewalram Chanrai Group, in partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd have launched collaboration with the Katsina State government to begin the Farm-To-Folk initiative with 225 tractors. The programme is an end-to-end farm mechanization solution to develop agriculture and farming system in Nigeria and provide customized farming solutions for every […]
Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, presented N215million cheques and farm inputs to farmers in the state. The gesture was under the Fadama 3 Additional Financing Project. Akeredolu said in Akure during the ceremony that his administration would not relent in its determination to encourage more people, especially youths, to embrace agriculture as an […]
Osun State government has concluded plans to collaborate with the Nepal khadya Bank Limited on scientific agriculture to boost agricultural activities in the state and also create jobs for unemployed youths through a programme tagged ‘Agropreneur’ in Nigeria. The Chairman and Managing Director of the Nepal khadya Bank Limited, Mr Ram Raja Shrestha stated this […]
Nestlé Nigeria’s says it is using its Sorghum and Millet in the Sahel (SMS) Project to improve livelihoods across the communities in which the company operates, a top official has said. Nestle’s Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Victoria N’dee Uwadoka, made the assertion while reviewing some farmers visit to the company’s factory at Agbara […]
To an average poultry farmer and producer of feeds in the North, the news that Olam, a company with massive investment in rice and other crops, is now also entering the poultry industry, is a cheering one but which has left some others quite uneasy. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Mr. Ade Adefeko, […]
“Agriculture funds” President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will sustain concrete measures to diversify the economy by devoting more resources to agriculture in the 2017 budget. Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend on the margins of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), President Buhari said African countries […]
The federal government has declared its determination to provide all that it would require to ensure that the agricultural intervention project to be pioneered at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife and bankrolled by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the tune of N3bn, is tremendously successful. The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, […]
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rated the performance of Niger State high in the on-going Anchor Borrower’s Scheme of the apex bank. Even as 30, 000 farmers has benefited in the scheme so far. The bank attributed the success story of the scheme in the state to the commitment and political will accorded it […]
By Adeyemi Bamidele Ezekiel The President of African Development Bank, AFDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adeshina, on Tuesday, in Ibadan, reiterated the Bank’s pledge to increase agriculture lending by USD2.4billion over the next 10 years in Africa. This was made known to newsmen in his welcome speech at a conference in Ibadan, organized by the International Institute […]
The Plateau Government, through the Anchor Borrower’s programme, has distributed N9 million worth of farm inputs to 225 farmers in the state. Mrs Linda Barau, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said while distributing the items on Wednesday in Jos, that the programme was aimed at empowering farmers in the state. According to […]
The Jigawa State Government is eyeing a N5 billion loan under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to revolutionizing agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim who briefed journalists on the outcome of the state’s executive council meeting, explained that the […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday says it will restructure the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), to support the diversification programme of the present administration. Represented by Mr. Godwin Obinna-Opara, an official of the ministry, Ogbe said the present administration had approved the restructuring aimed at strengthening the bank for optimal service delivery to farmers. According to […]
The MD/CEO of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), Mrs Zaheera Baba-Ari, has said farmers can now use their farm produce as collateral to secure loans from banks. To do this, Mrs Baba-Ari advised farmers to get in touch with the commodity brokers in their localities, who will help them aggregate their harvest and store them […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved about N1.5 billion for disbursement to farmers in Katsina State to boost food production and security in the country under Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). Leadership checks indicates that about 8000 rice farmers have been cleared by the apex bank and the state government to receive the funds […]
The government of Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in Niger state has been emphatic in its strategic plan to boost Agricultural activities, invariably enhanced productivity in the state thus using the sector to empower youths and women. The governor recently stated that the government has a comparative advantage in the sector considering the fact that the […]