Category: Agriculture

Farmers Seek Planting Season Incentives
December 12, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Seek Planting Season Incentives

Commercial farmers in Badagry area of Lagos State have appealed to the State Government to provide agricultural incentives such as inputs and tractors for land clearing ahead the 2021 planting season.  The farmers, under the aegis of Nigeria Commercial Farmers...
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NEPAD Earmarks $2b For Nigerian Farmers
December 9, 2020 No Responses

NEPAD Earmarks $2b For Nigerian Farmers

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has earmarked $2billion to empower smallholder farmers in Nigeria, National Coordinator, Princess Gloria Akobundu, disclosed on Tuesday. According to Akobundu, the money will help boost food sufficiency in Nig...
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Nigeria Registers Five Million Farmers For Fertilizer Subsidy
December 7, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Registers Five Million Farmers For Fertilizer Subsidy

No fewer than five million farmers have registered for fertilizer subsidy in Nigeria, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has revealed  Nanono disclosed the development at a Consultative Meeting on Restructuring of P...
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Nigeria Produces 2.3m Metric Tonnes Of Tomato Annually
December 3, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Produces 2.3m Metric Tonnes Of Tomato Annually

Nigerian farmers produce 2.3 million metric tonnes of tomato annually, Executive Director, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Dr Abayomi Olaniyan,  has said. Olaniyan disclosed this on Wednesday at the inauguration of a one...
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Stakeholders Seek Adoption Of IITA Toolkit For Cassava Transformation
December 2, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Adoption Of IITA Toolkit For Cassava Transformation

Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and best planting practices toolkit.  Toolkit was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for th...
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Farmers Allay Fears Of Cassava Shortage, Explains N19.7b Intervention Funds
November 29, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Allay Fears Of Cassava Shortage, Explains N19.7b Intervention Funds

Some farmers under the aegis of the Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria (NCGA) have allayed fears of an impending shortage of cassava in 2021, due to inability to access government intervention funds. A member of the association, Yemi Williams told...
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Poultry Farmers Decry Scarcity Of Chicks In A’Ibom
November 25, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Decry Scarcity Of Chicks In A’Ibom

Poultry farmers in Akwa Ibom have decried scarcity of day-old-chicks in spite of the establishment of Akwa Prime Hatchery and Poultry limited with the capacity of 200, 000 chicks per week. Some of the poultry farmers who spoke with journalists...
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200,000 Farmers In Kano, Cross River, Others To Benefit From Agric Scheme
November 22, 2020 No Responses

200,000 Farmers In Kano, Cross River, Others To Benefit From Agric Scheme

Over 200,000 farmers are to be engaged in Pioneering Regenerative Agriculture projects introduced by Dantata foods in partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office of the British Government under its Agricultural sector intervention LINKS Pr...
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Bayelsa Begins Training For 3,000 CBN Agric Loan Beneficiaries
November 20, 2020 No Responses

Bayelsa Begins Training For 3,000 CBN Agric Loan Beneficiaries

Some 3,000 youths and women, who are beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Agricultural Loan Scheme in Bayelsa State  on Thursday commenced entrepreneurship  trainings. The programme, under the Accelerated Agricu...
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Sterling Bank Unveils Single-Digit Agribusiness Facility For Women, Youths
November 19, 2020 No Responses

Sterling Bank Unveils Single-Digit Agribusiness Facility For Women, Youths

Sterling Bank Plc on Wednesday launched a new product, Sterling Women and Youths in Agriculture Finance code (SWAY-AgFin), to provide low-cost financing at single-digit rates to young men and women entrepreneurs in the agribusiness value chain across the count...
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Agric Firm To Facilitate N5.7b Loan For 25,000 Farmers
November 16, 2020 No Responses

Agric Firm To Facilitate N5.7b Loan For 25,000 Farmers

An agritech focussed company, Farmcrowdy Limited (FC) has pledged to impact 25,000 farmers across Nigeria through its Structured Financing of N5.7 billion. The Chief Financial Officer and Business Leader, FC Structured Finance, Mr Oluwakotanmi Ojo, m...
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Nigeria Seeks $1.2b Agric Loan From Brazil
November 4, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks $1.2b Agric Loan From Brazil

The Nigerian Government is seeking National Assembly approval for $1.2 billion loan from Brazil to address issues in the agriculture value chain, Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said on Tuesday in Abuja at the ministry’s budget defence.   Ahmed...
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Ebonyi Tasks Fish Farmers On Improved Packaging
November 1, 2020 No Responses

Ebonyi Tasks Fish Farmers On Improved Packaging

The Ebonyi State Government has charged fish farmers in the state to embrace modern packaging system to improve the value chain. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Moses Nomeh,  gave the charge on Saturday in Abakaliki d...
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Okomu Oil Palm Host Communities Petition FG Over Threat To Peace
October 4, 2020 No Responses

Okomu Oil Palm Host Communities Petition FG Over Threat To Peace

About 14 communities hosting Okomu oil Palm Company plc in Edo State have petitioned the Federal Government over alleged threat to peace.  The communities are Odighi, Odiguetue, Uhiere, Oke-Irhue, Irhue, Ekpan, Umokpe and Agbanikaka.  Others include ...
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