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[ad_1] Although the USDA Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently told farmers to go big or go home, some farmers across the US are opting for small, diversified holdings that market directly to the local community. The challenges that come with running a direct marketing business as well as maintaining a diversified farming operation leave […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) today said it will invest $120 million in the next 2-3 years to boost the productivity and transform cassava and other eight other commodities on the continent.
Insurance Cover: The Federal Government is planning to increase insurance coverage for the agricultural sector from the current 500,000 farmers to 3.8 million farmers.
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will sustain concrete measures to diversify the economy by devoting more resources to agriculture in the 2017 budget. Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend on the margins of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), President Buhari said African countries had a […]