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March 4, 2024 No Responses

AfDB Supports Nigeria With $134 Million To Cultivate Rice, Maize, Cassava, Soyabeans

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting Nigeria in the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soyabeans to boost food production. The bank is providing $134 million to achieve this, it president, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, said on Saturday after visiting...

January 30, 2024 No Responses

NDDC Partners Indigenous Firm In Cassava Starch Production

Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is prepared to go into partnership with an indigenous cassava starch manufacturing factory in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as part of measures to create job opportunities for the youths.The NDDC Execu...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercept Live Cartridges Concealed In Cassava Flour

The Special Assignment Team of Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted three Mazda saloon cars loaded with live cartridges concealed in sacks of cassava flour. The Acting Comptroller in Charge of the Unit, DC Hussein Eji...

September 12, 2021 No Responses

Kebbi Boosts Cassava Production With 25 Tractors

As part of efforts to boost cassava production, Kebbi State government has supplied 25 tractors to cassava farmers in the state. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Joel Aiki, made this known in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday on the side-line...

May 28, 2021 No Responses

Minister Inaugurates 450 Metric Tons Cassava Processing Plant In Rivers

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has inaugurated a Cassava Plant at Afam in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers. The minister during the inauguration on Thursday said the processing plant would address challen...

May 19, 2021 No Responses

Edo To Access $250m Investment In Oil Palm, Cassava

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday said the state is set to benefit from a U.S. government’s financing to the tune of 250 million dollars for oil palm and cassava value chain development. Obaseki explained that the...

May 10, 2021 No Responses

Firms Commit $159m In Nigeria’s Oil Palm, Cassava Value Chains

Fayus Group, in collaboration with Shine Bridge Global (SBG) and Africa Global Schaffer (AfGS), are investing $159 million in Nigeria’s oil palm and cassava value chains over three years. The Chairman of Fayus Group, Alhaji Fatai Yusufu made this known...

April 27, 2021 No Responses

Group, Sterling Bank Unveil Support For 200,000 Farmers

A group, Makarios Global Resources, has unveiled plans to support 200,000 farmers this cropping season in Kano and Plateau States. A statement issued by the Managing Director of the organisation, Mr Binchang Binfa, on Monday explained that the group in...

February 23, 2021 No Responses

IITA Partners SANO Foods On Improved Cassava Varieties

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with SANO Foods Limited, on Monday commenced a public-private sector initiative to promote the cultivation of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria. The partnership under the Bui...

December 9, 2020 No Responses

NEPAD Earmarks $2b For Nigerian Farmers

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has earmarked $2billion to empower smallholder farmers in Nigeria, National Coordinator, Princess Gloria Akobundu, disclosed on Tuesday. According to Akobundu, the money will help boost food sufficiency in Nig...

December 2, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Adoption Of IITA Toolkit For Cassava Transformation

Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and best planting practices toolkit. Toolkit was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for th...

November 29, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Allay Fears Of Cassava Shortage, Explains N19.7b Intervention Funds

Some farmers under the aegis of the Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria (NCGA) have allayed fears of an impending shortage of cassava in 2021, due to inability to access government intervention funds. A member of the association, Yemi Williams told...

August 29, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Implore FG On Cassava Scarcity

The Secretary, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State chapter, Mrs Abimbola Fagoyinbo-Francis, on Friday called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene in cassava farming in the country. Fagoyinbo-Francis told the News Agency of N...

July 8, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti, CBN To Empower 1,000 Cassava Farmers

The Ekiti Government in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to empower no fewer than 1,000 cassava farmers as part of measures to ensure increased cultivation of the commodity in the state. Speaking on Tuesday at the...