Agriculture Archives — Page 22 of 31

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 of...

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,.....

November 16, 2018 No Responses

Sudan Delegation At IITA, Seeks Collaboration On Cassava Transformation

The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga explained on Thursday that a collaboration between IITA and Sudan will put smiles on the faces of farmers in the northern African country. This was contain...

November 13, 2018 No Responses

Heritage Bank Canvasses Increased Support For Agriculture

Heritage Bank Plc has called on government at all levels and deposit money banks to increase supports in agriculture, as it is the most resilient and important sector of Nigerian economy, despite underwhelming investment in the sector. The Executive Director.....

November 7, 2018 No Responses

Cote d’Ivoire Delegation In Nigeria To Tap IITA Youth Agripreneur Model

Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) Model, as part of efforts to revamp its agriculture and address its growing y...

November 1, 2018 No Responses

Nteranya Sanginga: IITA Is Addressing Food Security In Africa

Research outputs by Africa Food Prize winner, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and its national partners are helping farmers to come out of poverty, creating jobs and demonstrating the possibility of having a prosperous African conti...

September 27, 2018 No Responses

IITA, AfDB To Boost Cassava Production In Taraba, Trains 60 Extension Agents

The international Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it plans to work closely with the Taraba State Government to transform cassava in the framework of the African Development Bank-funded Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) pr...