Agriculture Archives — Page 26 of 31

January 9, 2018 No Responses

Ogbeh: Agriculture created over 6m jobs in two years

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said on Monday that agriculture sector created six million jobs in the last two years. Ogbeh said this while analysing the achievements of his ministry and 2018 targets of the...

January 2, 2018 No Responses

Maize Cultivation: Association to engage 500,000 farmers in 2018

The National President, Maize Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Bello Abubakar-Annur has disclosed that the union is planning to engage 500, 000 farmers in maize cultivation in the 2018 farming season across the country. Abubakar-Annur told the News Agency of Nig...

January 1, 2018 No Responses

Audu Ogbeh: Man Of The Year 2017

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Seasoned administrator and farmer of great repute, Chief Audu Ogbeh is City BusinessNews Man of the Year 2017. Since his assumption of office in November, 2015 as Minister of Agriculture and Rural...

December 18, 2017 No Responses

Heritage Bank gets CBN’s sustainable banking award in agric

Heritage Bank has been bestowed with the inaugural Nigeria Sustainable Banking Award convened by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “For Sustainable Transaction of The Year in Agriculture.” The award which was in recognition of its outstanding success and l...

December 17, 2017 No Responses

Ogun begins mass production of ofada Rice

The Ogun State Government mass produced Ofada rice is to be ready for sale to the public this Christmas season in all the Local Government and Local Council Development Areas of the state. The MITROS Ofada Rice, which is...

December 14, 2017 No Responses

Researchers, policymakers to discuss cassava agronomy

Scientists across Africa and their colleagues in other parts of the world are meeting with policymakers in Tanzania under the auspices of the African Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) to discuss the progress made in the last two years in providing clues...

December 11, 2017 No Responses

Edo farmers, investors to get N500m Agric Credit

To provide guarantee for agribusiness investments in the state, the Edo State Government has partnered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to set up a N500 million Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS). Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, reveale...

October 29, 2017 No Responses

Celebrated Georgia farmer, John McCormick to receive Nigerian Agribusiness delegates

The US-Nigeria Trade Council USA is pleased to announce that Mr. John McCormick, the eminent “2016 Georgia Farmer of the Year “will be attending and making a presentation at the forthcoming US-Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Summit & Expo, November 16...

October 27, 2017 No Responses

British experts to train Nigerian yam exporters

The Federal Government says it will invite British experts to train exporters on best export packaging requirements to reduce cases of yam rejection at the international markets. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said thi...

October 25, 2017 No Responses

Yam exporters refute report as minister implores National Assembly on 1989 law

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – Nigerian yam exporters have refuted news report which alleged rejection of their consignments in the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA). In a statement on Tuesday, the exporters explained that...

October 22, 2017 No Responses

5,400 farmers, agro-dealers benefit from $3m USAID agric scheme

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says 5,400 agro-inputs dealers and farmers have benefitted from its three million dollars Feed the Future Nigeria Agro-Inputs Activity. The Nigeria Mission Director of USAID, Stephen Haykin, said...

October 21, 2017 No Responses

US-Nigeria trade council to hold agribusiness investment summit in Atlanta

The US-Nigeria Trade Council (USA) is to host the US-Nigeria AgriBusiness Investment Summit on November 16-18, 2017 at the Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. According to the organisers, the 3-day Summit offers atten...

October 5, 2017 No Responses

Cassava farmers in Ogun adopts improved weed management practices, records 27tons/ha

On-farm demonstrations in Ogun state, Nigeria under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) managed Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) have produced average yields of 27 tons per hectare surpassing the national average of about 8 tons/ha...

September 11, 2017 No Responses

FG: Farmers to get four million fertilizers before end of the year

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) will deliver 4 million bags of 50kg Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilizer to farmers, at an affordable price, before the end of the year. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publi...