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[ad_1] European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to AgFunder’s latest research. Looking ahead to 2020, the picture is not so rosy with early indications of more muted funding levels between January and March of this year as the startup industry across sectors started […]
[ad_1] Urban farming gets a boost as the Singapore Food Agency and Housing & Development Board tender out nine multi-storey car park rooftops to growers. The post Singapore food and housing agencies to rent out public rooftops for urban farms appeared first on AgFunderNews. Read Original Report Here By Ag Funder News [ad_2]
[ad_1] Oil palm can fetch Nigeria as much revenue as the crude oil can so said the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. But self-inflicted challenges that de-ranked the country from the largest producer in the pre-independence era to the fifth producer are getting compounded by insecurity and land tenure system, […]
[ad_1] Youths in the Ogun State Broiler project have sold 54,000 broiler birds in an off-taking arrangement. The youth, numbering 54, were the beneficiaries of the project that was inaugurated in December 2019. The sale was officially consummated on Monday during the off-taking of the second cycle of 54,000 chickens at Odeda Farm Institute, Odeda, […]
[ad_1] ….experts call for more heat, draught resilient seeds Farmers are concerned that the 2020 rain-fed season is being marred by erratic rainfall from the onset. This time last year crops were already flourishing in farms but for this year, many are struggling to begin planting as the rain is yet to fully establish in […]
[ad_1] The Federal government and other relevant stakeholders must paid adequate attention to the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) if the country’s diversification efforts are to be successful, the President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Arc. Kabir Ibrahim, has said. Cross sections of grain farmers in the country also pleaded with the relevant federal […]
[ad_1] A group of contractors Wednesday blocked the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Minister’s entrance demanding the payment of N17 billion debt incurred under the 2018 contractual projects. But the ministry is yet to respond to their allegations. They were also demanding the sack of the Minister Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono and the […]
[ad_1] An agriculturalist, Mr Wasiu Akinsoji, on Wednesday said availability of improved farm inputs to farmers would enhance harvest in the post-COVID-19 era to stabilise the economy. Akinsoji, an agric extension worker attached to the Lagos State Farm Settlement, Ojo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, […]
[ad_1] Abuja – As COVID-19 continues to ravage the nation and other countries of the world, Solidaridad, a Dutch-based international development organization, has devised a method to help the agricultural sector in Nigeria and other West Africa countries. Operating in five continents through eight Regional Expertise Centres, Solidaridad is deploying digital tools for agricultural extension […]
[ad_1] …Says Firm has Lost N50m Worth Of Day-Old Chicks IBADAN- An Ibadan-based hatchery, The Best Line Hatchery has lamented the bad treatment the company experienced in the hands of security agents, resulting into the loss of over N50 million naira from the death of several day-old chicks supposedly to be transported to other parts […]
[ad_1] This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner. F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank and Wageningen University & Research. Read about F&A Next 2019 here. A few years from now, the coronavirus pandemic may feel like a distant memory. For now, it seems to be […]
[ad_1] Farmers in China are being offered cash to quit breeding exotic animals as pressure grows to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade that has been blamed for the coronavirus outbreak. Authorities have for the first time pledged to buy out breeders in an attempt to curb the practice, AFP reported Tuesday, citing animal […]
[ad_1] SoftBank – one of the world’s most active agrifoodtech investors last year – has reported a ¥1.9 trillion ($17.7 billion) annual loss on its Vision Fund startup portfolio. This staggering deficit from the Vision Fund – which SoftBank launched in 2017 with backing from Saudi Arabian sovereign fund PIF, UAE sovereign vehicle Mubadala, Apple, […]
[ad_1] It is an understatement that agriculture is the pivot of most economies. Aside from providing food and raw materials for industrial purposes, agriculture provides employment opportunities to a very large percentage of the population. Whatever side of the coin one considers, agriculture is intrinsically a sine qua non for nations’ economic growth. Aside […]
[ad_1] Over the weekend, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Muhammad Nanono, inaugurated a technical committee on the revitalisation of extension services workers. The minister agreed that agricultural development in Nigeria requires an integrated approach to revive extension advisory services after experts and farmers have pointed out extension service as a weak link […]