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[ad_1] Nigeria has produced more rice in the last five years than at any other time since the return of democracy in 1999, data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows. The FAO data shows that between 2014 and 2019, Nigeria maintained top spot among rice producers in Africa. Between 2014 and […]

[ad_1] A day after a PREMIUM TIMES report showed that Nigeria’s maize importation failed to decline in two years despite farmers saying they can meet local demand, the Central Bank of Nigeria has stopped the issuance of forex for the importation of the cereal. The CBN made this known on Monday in a circular signed […]

[ad_1] Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia aka 2baba, on Monday formally unveiled Innobia Cooperatives Organisation (Innobia Allied Ltd), his agro-allied business concern. The singer’s manager, Efe Omorogbe, who revealed this on Monday, said the business is headquartered in Nigeria and will have branches in Israel and the United Kingdom. During a live chat with the […]

[ad_1] No fewer than 100 cocoa farmers in Isua-Akoko, on Monday, benefitted from the 20,000 free hybrid cocoa seedlings, donated by the Ondo State government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution exercise was the core target of the Cocoa Revolution Project of the Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu-led administration to the farmers in […]

[ad_1] Farmers and agronomists in Nigeria have condemned lopsided and frivolous interventions in the agricultural sector while they also demand that such interventions should be channeled towards value chain development. The post Farmers demand value chain schemes, condemn lopsided interventions appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News . Read Original Report Here By The Guardian […]

[ad_1] The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria has distributed hybrid goats to 3,400 households in Borno State to restore their means of likelihood. The Country Representative of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria, Al-Hassan Cisse, disclosed that the goats were distributed to the farmers to restore their means of livelihood after […]

[ad_1] A group of eminent researchers and journalists have formed a coalition to sustain advocacy efforts against paraquat importation and use in Nigeria, as concerns mount on safety of the toxic herbicide in the country. The coalition, known as Coalition Against Paraquat (CAP), comprises nine scientists and media practitioners with rich experience in advocacy and […]

[ad_1] Akure- Cocoa and Plantain Farmers Associations of Nigeria (CPFAN) at the weekend called on the Federal Government to come to their rescue as ants (pests) have destroyed their crops, particularly tomato and plantain. This was disclosed during the inauguration of the Ondo State chapter of the association, cutting across all 18 local government areas […]

[ad_1] Nigeria imported its second-largest volume of maize in a decade in 2019, maintaining the same level it recorded the previous year, despite calls by farmers for a restriction on the importation of the cereal, data analysed by PREMIUM TIMES show. Data obtained from the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that Nigeria imported […]

[ad_1] To bridge the huge deficit gap in the palm nut cracker sub-sector, a 155,000-tonne capacity palm nut cracker plant has been built in the country.The Golden Seed Fats and Oils Limited, responsible for the investment has also built a 100,000-tonne palm kernel shell milling plant to boost the sector. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer […]

[ad_1] The Abadini Group, a Nigerian enterprise, is the producer of Abadini rice. From five hectares of farmland, it has rapidly grown to 200 hectares with the total rice output of 300,000 bags of rice so far. The company is on the verge of increasing its production capacity to 130 tonnes per day from its […]

[ad_1] If the testimonies of value chain actors in the Palm Oil sector are anything to go by, the closure of the country’s land borders seems to have given the sector a major boost and improved its turnover. Though the closure was not primarily to protect the national oil palm development, but in reality, based […]

[ad_1] Over the years, ‘real’ farmers have complained of not getting access to some of the financial windows by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). But that is gradually changing. Since the introduction of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in 2015 by the CBN, many more smallholder farmers have increased access to financial inclusion, although […]