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[ad_1] Cotton pyramid • Govt urged to sustain effortsAs cotton pyramids resuscitate in Northwest Nigeria, the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) wants the government to sustain measures to prop up the nation’s production. In the 2020 wet season, the Central Bank of Nigeria, through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, financed over 100,000 cotton farmers with […]

[ad_1] Okomu Oil. Photo: EJATLAS Okomu Oil Palm Company, has launched the pilot phase of its smallholder scheme with oil palm farmers from its neighbouring communities around the main estate plantation in Ovia South West Local Government Area. Speaking at the official launch of the scheme at the Palace of the Iyase of Udo, the […]

[ad_1] Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) The Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) and Business Support Academy (BSA) have commenced training for over 100 youths and women entrepreneurs through an entrepreneurship technology transfer programme with the aim of addressing unemployment and economic challenges. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the programme, tagged: […]

[ad_1] The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Anambra State chapter, has created a forum for cooperative societies to interface with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), First City Monument Bank, Fidelity Bank, Stanbic and NIRSAL with a view to establishing a working relationship between cooperators and financial institutions for ease of fund access. […]

[ad_1] Millionaires are made every year through Farming in Nigeria and there is simply no end to the prospects of creating more wealth in Nigerian Farms in the coming years. Goat farming business is feasible because of the increasing human populations, not only in Nigeria but around the world. This situation creates considerable demand for […]

[ad_1] ABEOKUTA – Experts in the protection and conservation of wildlife have identified archaic and unfavourable laws and long periods of prosecution as a major factor that triggers illegal wildlife trade in Nigeria, and thereby posing a lot of danger to wildlife preservation. The experts made the declarations at a two day workshop on regional […]

[ad_1] The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday said that the state was expected to generate $10 billion in the agriculture sector in the next five years. Sanwo-Olu said this during the official inauguration of the five-year Agricultural and Food Systems Roadmap in Lagos. He said that most of the investments were expected […]

[ad_1] Determined to enhance cassava production in the State, Delta State Government has approved N250 million for the 2021 cassava development programme to be anchored by the Ministry of Agriculture. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu who disclosed this while briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting, said the State Government would […]

[ad_1] Nigeria has relied almost entirely on sugar imports for at least 30 years despite the government’s professed efforts to boost local production. Nigeria produced far less sugar in 2020 than it did in 1990 and repeatedly failed to meet its production targets, allowing massive importation to flourish for decades as domestic demand grew, government […]

[ad_1] The proposed legislation is aimed at solving the challenge of animal identification and management by establishing the National Livestock Bureau. The Senate is considering a bill that will create a database for livestock. The bill for an Act to ‘establish national livestock and management (protection, control and management etc) bureau’ scaled second reading on […]