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[ad_1] Head, Agribusiness, Wole Oshin (left); Head, North Central Zone, Olushola Alarege; Relationship Manager, Agriculture, Onyinye Agubuokwu; Head, Commercial Banking Suite, North Central Zone, Ibitoye Fajana and Relationship Manager, Agriculture, all of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc., Victor Olanihun, at the Nigeria Agriculture Award (NAA) recently held in Abuja. The bank had earlier won the award […]
[ad_1] Dr Sabo Yahaya, Special Adviser/Policy Coordinator to the Minister of Agriculture, Ahaji Sambo Nanono (left), presenting an award to Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun in Abuja Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, bagged the Governor of the Year Award at the Nigeria Agriculture Awards 2020, held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja last […]
Now in its 29th Year, the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has called for entries of works produced in 2019. Nestlé Nigeria also calls on nutrition and wellness writers to take advantage of this opportunity to showcase and be recognized for their articles and stories in the ‘Nestlé Prize for Nutrition Reporting’ category of […]
[ad_1] Experts in the agricultural value chain have advised that Nigeria must leverage COVID-19 pandemic to deepen the agribusiness ecosystem for transformation of the sector. This, they maintained, is imperative following the important role agribusiness plays in the economic transformation process by providing forward and backward linkages to other sectors. Chief Executive Officer of the […]
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE, Ag. DIRECTOR-GENERAL/CEO, NATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NABDA), PROFESSOR ALEX AKPA AT THE VIRTUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POST COVID 19 INNOVATIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 3 2020 ORGANISED BY AGROBUSINESS TIMES WITH THE THEME: “AGGREGATING SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS FOR FOODSECURITY”. PROTOCOL It’s a great privilege to present a Keynote Address in this […]
The 2020 Agrobusiness Times planned national conference on agricultural innovations for food security in the post covid-19 pandemic era, with the theme: “Aggregating Sustainable Agricultural Innovations for Food Security”, has received a major boost following the confirmation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) and Agrorite Limited to partner the media […]
With the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revised forex policy excluding Maize from the list of commodities eligible to obtain FX from the CBN. Wandieville put out a series of webinars involving relevant stakeholders to discuss the new policy. The first day of the webinar was on Wednesday August 26, 2020 focused on “Nigeria’s Ban on Maize Importation: […]
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) had a Webinar on “Leveraging Agribusiness Investment Opportunities in Nigeria to Feed the Cities (The Role of Private Sector)” on Tuesday 25th of August 2020 to discuss the investment opportunities available at the Agribusiness Deal room session for the upcoming African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit 2020 […]
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Nigeria (AGRA) had a Webinar on “Securing the 2020 Cropping Season in the face of Covid-19 Pandemic” on Thursday 4th of June 2020. The participants were Dr. Mua’zu Abdulkadir, Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Professor Muhammed Khali Othman, Executive Director National Agriculture Extension […]
COMMUNIQUE OF THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO ON RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE HOSTED BY AGROBUSINESS TIMES AT THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAGOS, ON OCTOBER 24, 2019. INTRODUCTION: The International Conference and Expo on Research and Innovations in Agriculture (ICERIA 2019) by AGROBUSINESS TIMES was successfully hosted and held at the International […]
Stakeholders in business, investors, financial experts, and government officials are currently in Osogbo, the capital of the state of Osun, attending a three-day economic and investment summit organized by the state government to open up investment opportunities that abound. The event which kicked off on Tuesday at the Aurora Conference Centre, Osogbo, with the theme, […]
For Nigeria to diversify its economy through agriculture, its products must be able to access international markets. On this note, the Institute of Agribusiness Management Nigeria (IAMN) will hold its 2019 agribusiness conference to discuss ways to drive global market penetration of agric commodities of Nigerian origin. The conference which is scheduled to from 18th […]
Sixty years ago, Western Nigeria survived solely on agriculture. The building called Cocoa House in Ibadan was built from the proceeds of agriculture. The original name of the building was House of Farmers, before they turned it to Cocoa House. When you look down from the tenth floor of the building, you see a car […]
At a recent stakeholders’ gathering aimed at seeking solutions and finding ways to innovate the agricultural sector, Dr Kanayo Nwanze, former president, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said that Nigeria transformation cannot be made possible through foreign investment and partnership but, rather, it is what the citizens must do by themselves. Dr Nwanze was […]