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No fewer than ten thousand youths and other small-scale farmers are to benefit from the Ogun State/Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme aimed at creating employment for youths and boosting agricultural Production and food security in the state. The State Coordinator and Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Mr. Tosin Ademuyiwa disclosed […]
Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari is the Kaduna State Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development. In this interview in Kaduna recently, he highlighted some of the challenges and achievements of the federal government-initiated Anchor Borrowers Programme in the state. Excerpts: How compliant have the farmers been in remitting farm produce in the anchor programme? Farmers have […]
The Sokoto State Government says it plans to distribute 15,000 bags of rice seedlings and 14, 000 water pumping machines to dry season farmers in the state. Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, the Commissioner for Agriculture, spoke on Tuesday in Sokoto, when he appeared before the State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture to defend the ministry’s […]
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture says it will distribute agricultural inputs to 140,000 dry season rice farmers in Jigawa through the 2016/2017 Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GEES). The Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) represents policy and pragmatic shift within the existing Fertilizer Market Stabilization Programme. It provides series of incentives to encourage the critical actors […]
Mr Godwin Akwaji, Coordinator, Anchor Borrowers Scheme, Cross River, says the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has verified 5,473 rice farmers for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sponsored programme. Akwaji, who is also the Special Adviser to the Governor on Revenue Generation, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
How to Access Anchor Borrowers Fund: In order to increase funding for the agricultural sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in line with its developmental function, established the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), which was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. The broad objective of the ABP is to create economic linkage between smallholder […]
The Farmers Empowerment Association, a coalition of FCT Farmers’ Cooperative Societies has commended President Buhari’s administration for shortlisting FCT as one of the benefiting state of the Anchor Borrow’s Programme. The President of the Association, Obaje O.D. in a press statement, lauded the present administration for the gesture, adding that it signals a dawn of […]
Delta Government has registered over 30,000 farmers across the selected enterprises of Cassava, Oil Palm, Rice and Fisheries for the CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Austin Chikezie, who disclosed this in Asaba, said that the aim was to boost the production of Fisheries, Cassava, Oil Palm and […]
WAAPP-Nigeria has been promoting innovation platforms as avenues for disseminating improved technologies to key actors in some commodity value chains since 2013. The project has successfully Inaugurated Platforms (IPs) at the national level mostly as far back as in 2013 on Cassava/Yam, Aquaculture, Rice, Maize and Sorghum. While WAAPP-Nigeria encouraged the formation of some platforms, […]
The permanent secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Shehu Ahmed has said that 1.5million farmers are to benefit from the 2016/2017 Growth Enhancement Scheme(GES) dry season farming. He further revealed that the focus of the scheme would be on four major crops including rice, wheat, maize and groundnuts. The Permanent Secretary who was […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have introduced the Rural Financial Outreach Coordinating Committee (ROCC) as exit strategy for Rural Financial Institution Building (RUFIN) programme which ends next year. The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have been implementing the RUFIN programme in […]
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Wednesday launched Rice Anchor Borrower’s programme, with a charge to every adult in the state to embark on farming of rice among other products. He also disclosed that the state had accessed N9 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria as approved for the state by the Federal […]
Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) The ACGSF was established by Decree No. 20 of 1977, and started operations in April, 1978. Its original share capital and paid-up capital were N100 million and N85.6 million, respectively. The Federal Government holds 60% and the Central Bank of Nigeria, 40% of the shares. The capital base of […]
By Abdulsalam Omowale BOI —This Fund provides Agro processors with access to finance and technology to convert the nation’s agriculture products to economic prosperity. What is the Cottage Agro Processing (CAP) Fund? The Bank of Industry’s Cottage Agro Processing (CAP) Fund is designed to finance the establishment of cottage agro processing plants that produce food […]
http://www.greengrants.org The Global GreenGrants Fund makes small grants (typically $500 to $5000) to grassroots groups working toward environmental health, justice and sustainability in developing countries. The organization does not accept grant applications from unsolicited applicants. All applicants must be recommended from one of the organizations advisory boards. A list of advisory boards is available on […]