Category: Agriculture

Oyo, IITA Seal Pact On Agric Policy, Agribusiness Park
August 17, 2018 No Responses

Oyo, IITA Seal Pact On Agric Policy, Agribusiness Park

  The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Oyo state government on Thursday  signed a deal to develop an agricultural blueprint for the state, and the establishment of agribusiness park. The agricultural policy will clearly outline the opportunities, strengths,...
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Robin Sanders Endorses 2nd U.S.-Nigeria AgriBusiness Investment Summit
August 14, 2018 No Responses

Robin Sanders Endorses 2nd U.S.-Nigeria AgriBusiness Investment Summit

Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, ECOWAS, Republic of Congo, former Africa Director at the National Security Council at the White House; and current CEO of FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative & FE3DS, LLC has addressed a Goodwill me...
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Presco MD Emerges Winner Of 2018 ‘Achiever In Agriculture’ Award
August 1, 2018 No Responses

Presco MD Emerges Winner Of 2018 ‘Achiever In Agriculture’ Award

The Managing Director of Presco Plc, Mr. Felix Nwabuko has emerged winner of the 2018 Achiever in Agriculture award. Receiving the award, at a colourful ceremony, in Abuja, on Tuesday night, Nwabuko Predicted Sustained Growth in the sector across the...
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CBN Approves $340m, CNY69m For Agric, Raw Materials
July 28, 2018 No Responses

CBN Approves $340m, CNY69m For Agric, Raw Materials

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, provided 340 million dollars and 69 million Chinese Yuan (CNY) to customers seeking foriegn exchange in the agricultural and raw material sector.   The acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor,...
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IITA, Washington Varsity To Tackle Poverty, Youth Unemployment
July 18, 2018 No Responses

IITA, Washington Varsity To Tackle Poverty, Youth Unemployment

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) are exploring areas of collaboration that would address poverty, hunger, and youth unemployment in Africa.  According to IITA, the plan is to leverag...
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Cassava Experts Train Edo Farmers On Mechanisation
July 14, 2018 one Response

Cassava Experts Train Edo Farmers On Mechanisation

The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA), has completed training for framers in Edo State on farm mechanisation and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).  Explaining the rationale for the training, held in Benin City, the Edo State Chairman, NCGA, Donatus ...
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Farmers Decry Late Distribution Of Inputs
July 2, 2018 No Responses

Farmers Decry Late Distribution Of Inputs

Members of the Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers’ Association of Nigeria have identified late distribution of inputs to beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers Programme as a major challenge to the scheme.  The association, in a communiqué issued at the end of.....
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FAO Team In Maiduguri, Explains Support For 149, 730 Farming Households
June 28, 2018 No Responses

FAO Team In Maiduguri, Explains Support For 149, 730 Farming Households

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is to assist more than one million people in the Northeast to grow between six and eight months’ worth of food in the 2018 rainy season. Mr Suffyan Koroma, the FAO representative in Nigeria...
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Cassava: Edo, IITA Explore Areas Of Collaboration
June 28, 2018 No Responses

Cassava: Edo, IITA Explore Areas Of Collaboration

The Edo State Government and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) today agreed to join forces to bring about transformational change in cassava, as the oil-rich state embarks on reforms to diversify its economy.   Edo State Governor, God...
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Buhari Inaugurates Calabar Automated Rice Seed, Seedling Factory
June 27, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Inaugurates Calabar Automated Rice Seed, Seedling Factory

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the Calabar automated rice seed and seedling factory. The factory was one of the projects inaugurated by the president during his visit to Cross River. During the inauguration, Buhari said he was in Calabar...
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Experts Seek Regional Approach As Cassava Mosaic Disease Threatens 55m Annual Production
June 23, 2018 No Responses

Experts Seek Regional Approach As Cassava Mosaic Disease Threatens 55m Annual Production

The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) that is threatening cassava production in Southeast Asia, a region that accounts for about 55 million...
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Nigeria To Shut Land Border Over Rice Smuggling
June 19, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria To Shut Land Border Over Rice Smuggling

The Nigerian Government will shut down the borders with a neighbouiring country through which rice is smuggled on a large scale, the Minister of  Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said.   Ogbeh spoke in Abuja at a...
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IITA Principal Scientist Wins 2018 Cassava Prize
June 16, 2018 No Responses

IITA Principal Scientist Wins 2018 Cassava Prize

A Principal Scientist and Cassava Breeder with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Alfred Dixon; and Dr Hernan Ceballos of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have won the 2018 Golden Cassava Prize. The prestigio...
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Buhari: Nigeria’s Agricultural Revolution On Course
May 15, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: Nigeria’s Agricultural Revolution On Course

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Auyo, Jigawa State, declared that Nigeria’s agricultural revolution is real and on course.  Speaking at an event to mark the commencement of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 6,000-hectare Hadejia Valley irrigation...
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