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The just-ended Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), held in Accra, Ghana has secured investment pledges totaling, 728.6 million US dollars for various agricultural activities across Africa, a report received here on Saturday said. The report issued after the close of the forum late Friday said if they were delivered, these investments would develop agriculture opportunities […]
The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, will be formally unveiled by December. The Manager, Agriculture Global Practice(Economic and Social Infrastructure), Islamic Development Bank, Mr. Nur Abdi, revealed this, yesterday, at a meeting with the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The Islamic Development Bank is contributing $90 million to the project, while the Kano State […]
The Lagos State Government has asked the private sector to tap into the agricultural potential of the state for Lagos to be self sufficient. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, called on stakeholders to treat agriculture as a combination of business and development platform by concentrating on value chains where the state had comparative advantage. […]
Betty Amihere Northern Regional Editor Worried that the paucity of funds may hinder the National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC from effectively carrying out its mandate of sanitizing the seed sector,the Board of NASC has called on the federal government to allocate 50% of the levies on sugar, wheat rice etc to the Council and Research […]
Flood: Govt. urges farmers to insure farms Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, the Ondo State Commissioner for Agriculture, on Wednesday urged farmers in the state to register their farms with the agricultural insurance scheme to avoid total loss after natural disasters. Adefarati gave this advice after the tour of rice and vegetable farms destroyed by flood at […]
The recent 3rd edition of the First Bank Agric Expo in Lagos was an opportunity for some states in the country to share strategies for driving the Agric sector which is a critical contributor to the local economy. Mr. Akinola Olotu Senior Special Adviser on Agric and Agribusiness to the Ondo State Government gave a […]
Border closure: Katsina agro-produce dealers laud FG The Nigeria Association of Agricultural Produce Dealers (NAAPD), Katsina State chapter, has commended the Federal Government for the recent policy of border closure. The association made the commendation in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Alhaji Isah Balarabe-Bilbis and Abdulmutallab Dandume and made available to […]
In a new public-private partnership, Kaduna state government and farmer-owned Arla Foods are committing to further development of a long-term sustainable dairy industry and local dairy sector in Nigeria by helping 1,000 small scale farmers create better livelihoods. Already active in existing development projects within the dairy industry, Kaduna state, Arla and the federal government […]
Unity Bank Plc has struck a partnership with Binkabi, a blockchain-based commodity trading network, to improve lending to the agriculture sector in the country. The Head, Risk Management and Compliance, Unity Bank, Mr Usman Abdulqadir, said the collaboration would also help to provide end-to-end solutions for farmers and the entire agribusiness value chain. Abdulqadir, who […]
Avocado Farming – Kenya’s avocado has seen farmers abandoning their traditional crops in favour of harvesting the popular fruit, with the demand for avocados increasing in recent years due to its perceived health benefits. Kenya’s fertile soil and temperate climate have made it ideal for growing avocados and the country has become the only African […]
Betty Amihere Northern Regional Editor In a bid to address issues of low yield productivity experienced by farmers, the West and Central Africa Council for Agriculture Research and Development (CORAF ) and the Nigerian Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), yesterday gathered key stakeholders across the agricultural value chain to find ways that will not only increase farmers use […]
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Monday, signed the bill establishing the Edo State College of Agriculture and Natural Resources into law. He said the essence of the law was to have three schools of agriculture that would be training the needed manpower to drive and sustain the ongoing reforms in the agricultural sector in […]
The Green Alternative, a policy and strategy document of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture says, “The new policy regime, tagged the Agriculture Promotion Policy (APP), is founded on the following guiding principles, a number of which are carryovers from the ATA, reflecting the strong desire for policy stability. New elements added reflect the lessons from […]
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the Federal Government to do more to revamp the agriculture sector and the economy. Clark, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said it had become necessary for the country to explore all available means to reposition the agriculture sector to cushion the shortfalls […]
ACCRA – Smallholder farmers in Ghana are adopting drone technology for crop surveillance in a bid to increase yields and incomes. The new technology is being used as farmers’ cooperatives are slowly abandoning manual labor as they seek higher efficiency. Some, however, think the use of the drones is too costly and may shut out […]