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Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri, has assured that agriculture would be the nation’s economic savior. According to a press statement obtained by The Tide, the minister stated this during a facility tour to Atlantic Shrimps Farm in Badagry, Lagos State, recently. He stated that Nigeria could reclaim her lost […]
As farmers begin wheat harvest in Kano, investigations have revealed that its price in most of the grains markets in the ancient city has crashed. A visit to Dawanau grains market, one of the largest produce markets in West Africa, revealed that it was flooded with new wheat, a situation that crashed the price of […]
Upon assumption of office, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, challenged the PPPRA to fast track the development of the National Biofuels Policy and incentive document to provide an enabling environment for the biofuels industry to thrive. Though the policy has been initiated since 2007, we have not been able to […]
Commodity Price Between February 24, — March 3, 2017 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Aba Main Market, Abia Statte. Garri (White) 100Kg 20,000 Paint Bucket 650 224 20,000 650 0 0 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 46,000 Paint Bucket 1,500 […]
AGRIinsight will start work later this month in Tanzania. The assignment focuses on the support of an agribusiness investment agency based in Dar es Salaam. AGRIinsight will provide an online “client space” where relevant information is organized, deposited in various forms and imagery, to which access is facilitated to advance the agency’s objectives. AGRIinsight will […]
The Akwa Ibom State government says it has set December 31 as deadline to realise its target to double its garri and rice production capacities. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Sufficiency, Charles Udo-Inyang, who said this in Abuja, said the State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, was anxious to see the price of garri, one […]
A cassava farmer said the delay of the loans and inputs to farmers was also a threat to food security and export. Some farmers have appealed to the Federal Government to facilitate prompt disbursement of agriculture loans to them to improve cassava production in the country. They made the appeal when they spoke with the […]
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said the bank through its Feed Africa Strategy, would invest $24 billion over the next 10 years to help drive the agricultural transformation of Africa. This he said is a 400 per cent increase in financing to the agricultural sector by the bank. […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has assured that the $4.5bn that will come to the agriculture sector from the Chinese government as grant to Nigeria would be used to effectively boost agric mechanization even as he noted that the grant must be approached with caution. It would be recalled that […]
In an effort to increase food production, the Kebbi State Government has procured 300,000 tons of fertilizer for farmers under its short and long term plans . The State Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammad Garba disclosed this to newsmen during a ministerial briefing organised by the state chapter of NUJ in Birnin Kebbi. According to […]
The World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) and African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) have entered into an agreement to carry out a risk-sharing facility to subsidize premium for over 80million farmers in Africa. The World Bank GIIF is a multi-donor trust fund that has facilitated approximately 1.5 million contracts that cover over 6 […]
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), says it will establish a 300 million dollar agribusiness loan project for young farmers across the country. NIRSAL is an arm of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) that provides agribusiness investments credit risk guarantees to help drive economic development through agriculture. The organisation also […]
Despite huge opportunities that abound for massive rice production in Ondo State, none of the 18 council areas is producing rice at commercial rate. There are only 25 large farms of 418 hectares spread across eight councils of the state, while none of the farms produce rice in commercial quantity. The Chairman of Ondo State […]
In its bid to improve farming substantially, as well as, revolutionise the Nigerian agricultural sector through mechanisation, Dizengoff Nigeria, is partnering CASE IH, a global leader in agricultural equipment manufacturer, in the area of providing quality tractors to Nigerian farmers. Announcing this in Lagos, the CEO/Country Manager of Dizengoff Nigeria, Mr. Antti Ritvonen, said for […]
The Provincial Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Rural Development, South Kivu, DR Congo, Madam Adolphine Muley Byayuwa has expressed optimism that technologies developed by IITA can help transform agriculture in Africa. She made this remark during her visit to IITA, Ibadan, to participate in the Systems Marketplace event organized by the Humidtropics in collaboration […]