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The Chinese government has demanded dry yam from Nigeria to meet industrial and domestic needs. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Thursday, in Abuja, which a technical working committee was inaugurated to fast track the exportation of yam by July 2017. The Minister said Nigeria has remained […]
The government of India has indicated interest in Nigerian farmers to export pigeon pea worth $100 billion to the nation, National Coordinating Director, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr. Vincent Isegbe has said. Isegbe said the Federal Government got the offer after conducting its Pest Crop Survey (PCS) for some agriculture commodity in conjunction with […]
Plans are in top gear by the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) to get the European Union EU lift its ban on exportation of beans from Nigeria to its member countries. The Coordinating Director of the agency, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, who disclosed this at the opening of a two- day training workshop on Plant Health […]
The Federal Government yesterday declared that issues of all-encompassing food safety and public health can no longer be treated with levity in the country as part of strategies to boost Nigeria’s export of food and agricultural produce to the international markets without rejection on safety grounds. The government also expressed its readiness to take issues […]
International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is set to enhance farmers’ income in the North through the adoption of better cultivation practices and promotion of groundnut export. ICRISAT, an international organisation, is committed to improving food security, making smallholder farming profitable, tackling malnutrition by focusing on more nutritious crops, and helping overcome environmental […]
Federal Government has been urged to bring back the era, when Nigeria was a top player in terms of quality and quantity in the global Cocoa production. The Cocoa Exporters Association of Nigeria(CEAN), which made the call, also recalled that in the 1960s and 1970s, the country banked on the commodity as the largest foreign […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that importation of rice and wheat gulped over N1 trillion in foreign exchange annually. Emefiele said this on Thursday in Jibia, Katsina State, at the launch of CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme and 2016/2017 Dry Season Farming. ‘’Nigeria’s import bill is exceptionally […]
Executive Secretary/CEO, Institute of Export Operation and Management (IEOM), Mr. Ofonasaha Udofia, has said improving food safety standards would ease the flow of agricultural products to Europe. Udofia said the European Union( EU) has set stringent certification standards, but producers of Nigerian agricultural products should be trained to meet them. According to him, as Nigerian […]
The export business remains one of the most lucrative endeavours anyone can engage in judging by the abundance of many products that can be exported from Nigeria to many countries across the world. It is also a business that offers lots of room for new entrants to come into it as the industry is still […]