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Kebbi Daily Trust Agric Exhibition, The Kebbi State Government, in collaboration with Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust newspapers, is to hold a one-day farmers interactive forum and exhibition with the theme ‘Agriculture As Solution to the Economic and Social Programmes of Nigeria.’ The event is expected to hold in Birnin Kebbi on […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the hosting by Nigeria of an international conference on saving the Lake Chad. The conference is to revitalize the basin’s ecosystem for sustainable livelihood, security and development. According to a statement by the Media aide of the President, Garba Shehu, this is the first time an international conference on Lake […]
Mrs Folusho Olaniyan, the Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa, says over 40 exhibitors and 60 speakers are expected at its exhibition this year. Olaniyan said via a statement in Lagos on Monday that the annual exhibition, which involved crop production, crop processing and manufacturing concerns, would hold in Lagos from Nov. 21 to Nov. […]
By Adeyemi Bamidele Ezekiel HarvestPlus is partnering with the Enugu State SME center to host the third edition of its annual Nutritious Food Fair (NFF). This event is scheduled to take place at the Michael Okpara Square in Enugu on 28—30 November, 2017. NFF 2017 will among other objectives facilitate at least 3000 jobs […]
Agrobusiness Times, Nigeria’s premier online medium on agriculture and its related businesses has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cooman Event Servi ce, CEMS, for the International Agro Chemical and Agro Equipment Expo, West Africa, (NIAA EXPO WEST AFRICA) scheduled for January 16-18, 2018, at the prestigious Abuja International Conference Centre, FCT Abuja, Nigeria, […]
Agrobusiness Times, Nigeria’s premier online medium on agriculture and its related businesses has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US-Nigeria Trade Council for the next US-Nigeria AgriBusiness (Non-Oil) Investment Summit, scheduled for November 16-18, 2107, at the prestigious Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel, in Atlanta, USA, as official media partners. By this MOU, AgroBusiness […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned an integrated poultry farm and animal feed mill in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The inauguration of the N20 billion facility, built by Olam Group was the President’s first public function outside the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since his return from London, where he spent 103 days on […]
A former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, on Thursday provided insight to how countries with similar challenges as Nigeria fixed their economies and left Africa’s most populous nation behind. He said Nigeria needs to embark on aggressive savings to return to growth pattern and sustain it. He was speaking in Lagos at the annual conference […]
Mr Suffyan Koroma, Food and Agriculture Organisation Country Representative to Nigeria, has said that the organisation will organise a livestock development conference in August to address challenges in the sector. Koroma made the disclosure when he presented his letter of commission to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Tuesday. He […]
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, in a goodwill message at the ‘Feed Nigeria Summit (FNS) 2017 series, held in Lagos said Nigeria is well-positioned in the matrix of feeding Africa sustainably. Adesina said the summit provides an excellent platform for discussing how to further ramp up support for agriculture as […]
The Honourable Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has said that, for Nigeria to survive as a nation, banks must support farmers through agriculture financing with single digit interest loans, warning of a possible catastrophic disaster in the near future if the nation fails to achieve food sufficiency and security. Audu Ogbe […]
As part of plans to enable businesses in the agricultural sector gain insights on how its innovative solutions will support business development, and believe that reinventing agriculture is the key factor to sustainable national development, First Bank of Nigeria plc, one of Africa’s leading banks, will today, the 14th day of March, 2017, play host […]
Olam, one of the multinational organisations producing rice locally in Nigeria has been honoured with the National Productivity Order of Merit award (NPOM) for the year 2016. Olam Rice Farm in Rukubi, Nasarawa State, sits on 14,000 hectares equipped with a 105,000 metric tonnes capacity rice mill. The award ceremony, which took place at the […]
All social societies, clubs and council of chiefs in Egbaland have been directed to formulate strategies to harness the huge export potentials in agricultural products common in the area. The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, gave the directive in his closing remarks at the Seminar on “Self reliance through agriculture for a secured future” […]
First of all I must apologize for my hiatus, I took a break in December and promised to be back in January but occupational ‘Force Majeure’ precluded me but nice to be back again in 2017,fresh from a year 2016 that some want to term Annus Horribilis. I digress. As a major player in the […]