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Kwara engage young farmers, The Kwara State government is to engage 10,000 young farmers under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) newly introduced accelerated agricultural development scheme(AADS). The state commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Bamidele Adekoke disclosed this during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital. Adegoke said that the scheme […]
List of 10 Agriculture Opportunities In Nigeria, Farming in Nigeria has taken a dramatic turn to a better direction in recent years, creating jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs who dare to go into farming business. Millionaires are currently being made every year through farming in Nigeria and there is certainly no end to the prospects […]
With over 2000 youths already empowered courtesy of Nigeria Bottling Company’s (NBC) several youth empowerment programmes across the country, it has announced plans to increase the figure to over 15000 youths in 2018. Indeed, the company added that youth empowerment is key to the realisation of national economic growth and development, stating that a vibrant […]
The House of Representatives is targeting at least 5,000 direct and indirect jobs with the establishment of farm settlements across the country. The lawmakers are also seeking to raise funding from 10-20 percent for Agriculture from the Ecological Fund. Its Committee on Agricultural Services has also begun additional legislative work on a bill “for an […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced its plan to empower 10,000 in Ondo state under the new agriculture scheme tagged, “Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme for which it has earmarked the sum of N1.5 billion. This was the statement credited to the Apex bank when its team of experts led by Amina Umar visited […]
By Adeyemi Bamidele Ezekiel About 3000 jobs will be created during the much anticipated 3rd edition of the Nutritious Food Fair (NFF), being organised by HarvestPlus in partnership with the Enugu State SME Centre, scheduled to take place in Enugu, from 28th-30th November, 2017, with the theme: Scaling-Up Nutritious Food Choices: Engaging Everyone, Everywhere, where […]
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), has unveiled an agricultural plan called Comprehensive Local Agriculture Plan, C-LAP, that is set to create over 1 million jobs in the rural areas. This was disclosed during the official launch of C-LAP yesterday, in Abuja, by the Director, Projects and International Cooperation, C-LAP, Dr Tanay…” The […]
The Federal Government has commenced steps to ensure quick commencement of the Federal Government’s agricultural initiative to provide jobs for 360,000 youths nationwide, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said. Emefiele made the disclosure in Abuja on Friday at a stakeholders’ meeting on the operational framework for the Accelerated Agricultural Development […]
The Presidential Fertiliser Initiative of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has created about 120,000 jobs within 10 months. Thomas Etuh, a member of the PFI, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Etuh, who is also the President of the Fertilisers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria, said that about 8.5 million […]
Cowpea, popularly called beans, is a food eaten in almost all the households in Nigeria, and it is one of the major sources of plant protein; that is why it is widely eaten across Sub-Saharan Africa. Cowpea is a nutritious legume that is staple for over 200 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa which is majorly […]
The Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has commenced a partnership with a United States of America-based economic development organisation – ACDI/VOCA, to catalyse investment into agriculture as well as raise the living standards of local communities (Smallholder Farmers).
Evidently, agriculture has been the prime mover of the Nigerian economy, before the focus shifted to petroleum in 1958. However, in recent times, there appears to be a gradual return to this ancient pathway. Several entities — both individuals and the government — now tap into the limitless opportunities the Nigerian agricultural sector presents. But […]
A coalition of all youths in Olokoro clan, comprising of fifteen autonomous communities is set to benefit from the Nigerian agricultural industry using fish farming as a model. This is because fish farming in Nigeria is important as one of the most prominent aspects of the Nigerian Agricultural Industry with over sixty percent of the […]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday says the state is ready to grant land and tax incentives to investors, to revolutionise agriculture and promote investments in various sectors. Ganduje said this at the 2017 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos with the theme “African Business: Penetrating through Institution […]
Less than seven months after Audu Ogbe, Minister of Agriculture promised the nation that the government was poised to crash fertilizer price down to N6,000 or below, tangible evidence has emerged that this is a promise kept. Last Monday. Uche Orji, the ebullient Managing Director of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, revealed that the […]