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The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) in partnership with Kogi State Government is set to invest the sum of $350m into sugar production in the state. Leader of the delegation from NSDC, Alhaji Salihu Bkeke made this known on Thursday when he led a team of some foreign investors to Governor Bello at the Government […]
Virtually all aspects of regional food production, processing and manufacturing require new technology as they transform into a modernised, productive and competitive force. The last five years have seen over $5 billion of private investment from companies that understand the sector’s enormous potential. Agra Innovate West Africa is designed to bring all levels of this […]
A report by Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture says that Egypt has imported 10.1 million tonnes of wheat from nine countries in Eastern Europe and Asia since January. One of the world’s largest wheat importers, Egypt imported nearly 7.1 million tonnes from Russia, the report said. In second place came Ukraine at 100,000 tonnes. Egypt cultivates […]
Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has faulted the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, for saying rice importation increased in 2018 when compared to previous years. Abubakar had quoted United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Market and Trade (USDA) report that the three million tonnes rice importation was 400,000 tonnes more than the […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday said there was no truth in the United States Department of Agriculture’s World Markets and Trade Report that claimed that Nigeria imported three million metric tonnes of rice in 2018, which is 400,000 metric tonnes more than the quantity of the product imported in 2017. The Minister of Information and […]
– The federal government has faulted the report of the United States Department of Agriculture that Nigeria has imported three million metric tonnes of rice – Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP had quoted the USDA report, saying the country imported three million metric tonnes of rice this year – The minister of […]
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As Nigeria looks towards diversifying its economy away from oil and focus more on other areas where it has comparative advantage, agriculture which had at one point in the history of the country been the money spinner has taken the front seat. The government has in recent years put in various policies to encourage investments […]
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Kolawole Salako, has revealed that the university has been translating theories into practical agricultural businesses to effectively realise its mandate of training the highest level of manpower for the all-important agricultural sector. The need to establish a town and gown relationship and correct […]
By Babajide Komolafe & Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that its Anchor Borrowers Programme has added two million metric tons to rice supply in the country while also creating 500,000 jobs. Meanwhile the apex bank has dismissed reports that the country imports up to 400,000 metric tons of rice, stressing that […]
Adepoju Dr Adeshola Adepoju, Director-General of Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), in this interview, speaks with FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, on environment-friendly agricultural practices, ways to stem unbridled charcoal production, and sustainable techniques of intercropping arable crops with economic trees. Contributions to sustainable and environment-friendly agriculture?Let me start by saying that issues are […]
Photographer: Jose Cendon/Bloomberg • To create 550,000 jobs • To increase revenue by N4.353 trillion • To increase output from 230,000 to 714,000mt The Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) has again reiterated its 10-year agenda for the cocoa industry along the value chains. The agenda includes institutionalisation of cocoa economy finance products and services; maintaining […]
Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) model as part of efforts to revamp its agriculture and address its growing youth unemployment, IITA has said. The 10-man delegation understudying the IYA model was led by Karitia Caulibaly, Deputy […]
For Dr Kabiru Abiso, October 2018 will remain indelible in his memory as that was when his over N50 million investment in rice production, on which he was already counting the millions he would reap as profit, was destroyed within the twinkle of an eye. The about 750 hectares of rice farm in Taraba State […]
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