Agriculture Archives — Page 6 of 31

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 of Agriculture...

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...

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...

July 7, 2022 No Responses

SAAF Pledges To Make Benue Oil Palm Hub

The Director of Agriculture Services, Sir Alex Addingi Foundation (SAAF), Mr Sam Agwa, has pledged the commitment of the foundation to make Benue an oil palm hub. Agwa made the promise during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between...

July 5, 2022 No Responses

Agric, Fashion Entrepreneurs, Others Emerge Winners of Unity Bank N10m Corpreneurship Challenge Grant

Unity Bank Plc has doled out a N10 million business grant to 30 corps members who emerged the winners of the eighth edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known as Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners emerged after a busin...

July 4, 2022 No Responses

Stakeholders Task FG On Rejection Of Nigeria’s Agric Export

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have appealed to the Federal Government to support farmers in addressing the rejection of Nigeria’s agricultural produce in the international market. Some of the stakeholders who spoke with the News Agency of Nige...

July 1, 2022 No Responses

Sterling Bank Emerges Best Financial Institution As ACGSF Rewards Farmers

Sterling Bank was on Thursday named Best Participating Financial Institution for 2021 at the Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF). The ACGSF, in an event in Abuja, also rewarded three Agriculture entrepreneurs who took loans and repaid ...

June 29, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Targets 1.6b Litres Of Milk Per Annum

Nigeria is targeting 1.6 billion liters of milk per annum for self-sufficiency in livestock products and animal protein needs. Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this while inaugurating the National...

June 23, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Begins Trials For New Tela Maize Variety

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NBDA) has commenced trial phase for the new TELA Maize in some states to understudy the variety among farmers. Dr Rose Gidado, the Deputy Director, NBDA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency.....

June 22, 2022 No Responses

CBN Rewards Lagos Farmers With Cash Gifts

Three farmers in Lagos State have won the “Best Farmer of the Year 2021” award organised by the Development Finance Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers were given...

June 13, 2022 No Responses

Oil Palm Investment: Edo Seeks Regional Collaboration

Edo State Government has called for regional collaboration to drive investment into sustainable oil palm production in Nigeria as part of strategies to lift Nigeria’s industrialization effort. Managing Director of the Edo State Investment Promotion Off...

June 8, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Targets 500,000t Of Cocoa Production By 2024

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to increase Nigeria’s cocoa production from the present 340,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes by 2024. A statement issued by Mr ...

June 7, 2022 No Responses

Presco Tasks Oil Palm Stakeholders On Research, Smallholder Farmers

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Managing Director, Presco Plc, Felix Nwabuko, on Monday, appealed to Oil Palm Stakehoders and Government Agencies to support sustained research as part of measures to boost expansion and e...

May 25, 2022 No Responses

CBN Disburses N1tri To Farmers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased its funding and interventions in various sectors to boost economic growth. Governor of the CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said this on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting a communique issued at the end of...