Tag: Agriculture

Global Food Imports To Hit $2tri 
November 12, 2022 No Responses

Global Food Imports To Hit $2tri 

Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly two trillion dollars this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said.  FAO, in a report published on Friday, stated that the new forecast...
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Sterling Bank Reaffirms Commitment To Agriculture
November 4, 2022 No Responses

Sterling Bank Reaffirms Commitment To Agriculture

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman has said the bank is ready and willing to invest more in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, having invested more than N100 billion; a figure that represents about 15 percent of...
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Edo Concessions Okomu South, Gele-Gele Forest Reserves
October 28, 2022 No Responses

Edo Concessions Okomu South, Gele-Gele Forest Reserves

The Edo State Government has signed a 30-year conservation/eco-tourism concession with Africa Nature Investors (ANI) Foundation as part of measures to protect endangered forest elephants, white-throated monkeys and the farming population, among others in the O...
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Sterling Bank Highlights Opportunities In Agric Sector  
October 28, 2022 No Responses

Sterling Bank Highlights Opportunities In Agric Sector  

There are massive opportunities in the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy for those who are prepared to work hard with a clear vision and commitment, Chairman, Board of Directors, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo has said.    Ighodalo made the.....
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Group To Boost Oil Palm Production In Edo With $300m
October 25, 2022 No Responses

Group To Boost Oil Palm Production In Edo With $300m

The global Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO), is committing $300,000 to the implementation of its oil palm community engagement and outreach programme in Edo State.  Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Joseph D’Cruz made the declaration at the launc...
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Union Bank Partners WACOT Rice On Financial Inclusion For Smallholder Farmers In Kebbi
September 28, 2022 No Responses

Union Bank Partners WACOT Rice On Financial Inclusion For Smallholder Farmers In Kebbi

As part of Union Bank’s commitment to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, the Bank has partnered with WACOT Rice Limited – a rice processing company, to financially include 6,000 local farmers including youth and women in Kebbi State.  The Keb...
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Cross River Concessions Cocoa Processing Plant  
September 21, 2022 No Responses

Cross River Concessions Cocoa Processing Plant  

Cross River Government has concessioned the ultra-model cocoa processing plant in Ikom, Ikom Local Government Area of the state to a private firm, AA Universal Agro Industries Ltd.   The Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, explained during the handover in Calabar....
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Kano Agro-Project Awards N6b Milk centres, Irrigation Contract
September 18, 2022 No Responses

Kano Agro-Project Awards N6b Milk centres, Irrigation Contract

Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has awarded N6 billion contract for the construction of irrigation infrastructure and milk collection centres across the state.  The projects would be sited across 16 local government areas of the state, a ...
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FMDQ Approves N30b Commercial Paper programme To Boost Agriculture
September 7, 2022 No Responses

FMDQ Approves N30b Commercial Paper programme To Boost Agriculture

The FMDQ Securities Exchange Ltd. has approved the registration of the Johnvents Industries Ltd N30 billion Commercial Paper (CP) to boost agriculture productivity.  A statement issued on Tuesday explained that the approval was in furtherance of the compa...
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FG Issues Certificates Of Registration, Sales Permit To Fertiliser Dealers
September 2, 2022 No Responses

FG Issues Certificates Of Registration, Sales Permit To Fertiliser Dealers

The Federal Government, on Thursday, presented certificates of registration and sales permits to authorised fertiliser dealers in Nigeria. A statement issued by Mrs Modupe Olatunji, Information officer I, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development qu...
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Cocoa Farmers Task FG, SON On Pesticides Regulation
August 10, 2022 No Responses

Cocoa Farmers Task FG, SON On Pesticides Regulation

Cocoa farmers in Cross River, have appealed to the Federal Government to tackle the influx of fake and substandard pesticides into the country.  The farmers under the aegis of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cross River chapter, gave the...
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FG Inaugurates National Cocoa Management Committee
August 3, 2022 No Responses

FG Inaugurates National Cocoa Management Committee

The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the National Cocoa Management Committee (NCMC), to tackle some of the challenges in the cocoa sector.  Speaking at the inauguration of the 11-man Committee on National Cocoa Management, in Abuja, the Minister ...
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CBN Partners UNILORIN On N600m Commercial Poultry Farm 
July 22, 2022 No Responses

CBN Partners UNILORIN On N600m Commercial Poultry Farm 

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has inaugurated an integrated commercial poultry farm with a N600 million loan.  Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice Chancellor of the university, who spoke at the o...
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Nigeria, EU Present Report On Maize Value Chain 
July 16, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria, EU Present Report On Maize Value Chain 

The Nigerian Government and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, on Friday, presented a report on the value chain analysis study on maize.  A statement issued on Friday explained that the collaboration was done between Nigeria’s Ministr...
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