Agriculture Archives — Page 21 of 30

July 2, 2019 No Responses

IITA Youth Agripreneur Program Wins Award

The youth program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has won the 2019 International Innovation Award for sustainable food and Agriculture. The award is in recognition of IITA’s commitment to improving both agribusiness opportunities and creditworthiness of youth...

June 24, 2019 No Responses

Ecobank Partners NIRSAL, Unveils N70b Agric Financing Scheme

Ecobank Nigeria has entered into a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) with a N15 billion agricultural investment scheme being the first tranche in agricultural value chain financing. The...

June 15, 2019 No Responses

Buhari To CBN: Blacklist Firms Still Importing Palm Oil

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to blacklist any firm, its owner and top management caught smuggling or dumping palm oil into the country.The presidential directive was disclosed by CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, at a...

May 26, 2019 No Responses

IITA Explains New Agric Policy Framework As Obasanjo, Ajimobi Inaugurate Projects

Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on Saturday commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan— an Agricultu...

May 18, 2019 No Responses

Edo Inaugurates Agric Produce Development Committee

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the seven-man Edo Agricultural Produce Development Strategy Implementation Committee, to drive the state government’s policies in repositioning the state as an agricultural produce hub. Spe...

May 9, 2019 No Responses

FAO Assures Nigeria Of Sustained Technical Support

The Food and Agricultural Organisation has promised Nigeria continued support in its drive toward ensuring food security and zero hunger in the future.FAO Country Representative in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, made the promise in an interview with the News Agency ...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Yam Stakeholders Seek Duty-Free Export To Europe

To facilitate free duty yam export to Europe, some stakeholders in the yam value chain have appealed to the Nigerian Government to sign relevant trade agreements with the European Union (EU) They made the appeal in a communiqué issued in...

April 22, 2019 No Responses

Palm Oil Producers Lament Smuggling, Petitions Buhari

Citing alleged illegal entry of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) into Nigeria, the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has forwarded a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari. In the petition jointly signed by Mr. Dele Olanubi, NPPAN Ambassador, Mr. Bolari...

April 19, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria To Divest 60% Stake In Bank of Agriculture

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has unveiled agenda to restructure the Bank of Agriculture (BoA). According to the Director General of BPE, Mr. Alex A. Okoh, it has become imperative to restructure the...

April 2, 2019 No Responses

Okomu Oil To Reward Shareholders With N3 Dividend

Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has proposed to reward shareholders with N3 dividend during the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled to hold at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Thursday, June 13, 2019. According to company, on June 20th, 2019, divid...

March 20, 2019 No Responses

Edo Seeks Revival Of Oil Palm Research Institute

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made a case for the revival of the Nigerian Institute of Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) to strengthen the country’s capacity to produce quality, high-yielding seedlings and boost oil palm production. The gover...

March 8, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Intensifies Rice Production Through Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme

No doubt, the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Nigerian Government has taken off successfully. The scheme was introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 17, 2015 in Birnin Kebbi, Ke...

February 13, 2019 No Responses

NBS: Agriculture Sector Grew By 18.58% In Q4, 2018

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the agriculture sector of the economy measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 18.58 per cent year-on-year in nominal terms in fourth quarter of 2018. The bureau said four activities of crop...

November 22, 2018 No Responses

Buhari:12m Nigerians Venture Into Farming In Two Years

The agriculture sector has significantly reduce the rate of unemployment in the country as over 12 million Nigerians have ventured into rice production in the last two years. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this at the 4th Nigeria Rice Investment Forum,.....