Category: Agriculture

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 Project.  Sanusi Bature, the General...
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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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Oil Palm Growers Seek Support For NIFOR
September 29, 2020 No Responses

Oil Palm Growers Seek Support For NIFOR

The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) has called on the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR).   According to the group, NIFOR is the bedrock for repositioning the sector...
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Cassava Farmers Want Soft Loans To Boost Garri Production
September 29, 2020 No Responses

Cassava Farmers Want Soft Loans To Boost Garri Production

Some Cassava farmers in Dangara community, Kwali Area Council, FCT, have called on the Federal Government, to provide soft loans for farmers to enable them boost garri production in the area. Cassava is a tap root with long tuberous edible...
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Chevron Invests N4.3b To Boost Agriculture
September 15, 2020 No Responses

Chevron Invests N4.3b To Boost Agriculture

Chevron Nigeria Limited invested N4.3 billion through its Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) to boost agriculture in the oil rich region in 2019.  Chevron in its 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (N...
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Poultry Farmers Task Govt On Security
September 15, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Task Govt On Security

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN),  has appealed to the government and other stakeholders to expedite action to restore security for farmers nationwide in order to achieve the nation’s goal of food security and self sufficiency. National Presiden...
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APPEALS Project Supports 1,699 Farmers In Kano
September 11, 2020 No Responses

APPEALS Project Supports 1,699 Farmers In Kano

No fewer than 1,699 small holder farmers in Kano State participated in  the agricultural support programme initiated  by the Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS).   Mr Hassan Ibrahim, the APPEA...
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Farmers Fault Partial Importation Of Maize
September 9, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Fault Partial Importation Of Maize

The Nigerian Young Farmers Network (NYFN) has appealed to the Federal Government to rescind a decision on the plan for partial importation of maize and other restricted crops.  The National Coordinator of the network, Mr Promise Amahah made the appeal...
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FAO Assures Nigeria On Sustainable Cocoa, Oil Palm Production
September 9, 2020 No Responses

FAO Assures Nigeria On Sustainable Cocoa, Oil Palm Production

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO),on Tuesday said it is committed to working with  Nigeria to promote sustainable cocoa and oil palm production. FAO made this known at a workshop on Food System, Land Use and...
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