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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 Kebbi...

April 3, 2022 No Responses

FMN Strengthens Sugarcane Out Grower Scheme

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) says the company has taken the lead in propagating the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) agenda through its Sugarcane Outgrower Scheme. In a statement issued on Saturday by its Head, Corporate Communications, Mo...

March 1, 2022 No Responses

Lagos APPEALS Project Supports 17,467 Farmers In Five Years

A World Bank Assisted Project, Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement, and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS PROJECT), has empowered, trained and supported 17,467 farmers to boost food self-sufficiency in five years. Mrs Oluranti Sag...

January 13, 2022 No Responses

FG Releases 49 New Crop Varieties To Farmers

As part of measures to boost food production in Nigeria, the Federal Government has released 49 new high yield crop varieties to farmers through the National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC). NVRC Chairman, Chief Oladosu Awoyemi, disclosed this on Wedn...

December 30, 2021 No Responses

NSPRI Distributes Processing, Storage Equipment To Farmers In Rivers

The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) on Wednesday distributed some equipment for processing and storage of fish and grains to some farmers in Rivers State. Speaking at the event in Port Harcourt, the Executive Director of the agency, Mrs.....

December 14, 2021 No Responses

CBN Earmarks N41b Through Heritage Bank For Dry Season Wheat Projects’ Farming

As part of measures to meet high demand amid poor production capacity of wheat, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set aside N41billion. The fund is being disbursed by Heritage Bank Plc to farmers across multiple States for the...

November 12, 2021 No Responses

Kano Supports 14,250 Farmers With Inputs

The Kano State Government has supported over 14,250 smallholder farmers with inputs, under its Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Speaking at the event on Thursday, in Kano, Governor Abdullahi&nbs...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Decry High Cost Of Inputs

Poultry Farmers under the aegis of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Alimosho, Lagos State have lamented the rising cost of poultry inputs. The farmers in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) highlighted some challenges fac...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Approves Cultivation Of Genetically Modified TELA Maize

The Nigerian Government has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize in the country. A statement issued on Sunday by Communication Officer, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), W...

July 25, 2021 No Responses

FG Hands Over 200 Hectares Farmland To Jigawa Farmers

The Federal Government on Saturday handed over additional 200 hectares of farmland to farmers under its Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS), a N9 billion rehabilitation project in Auyo, Jigawa. The modern irrigation farmland, which was designed for r...

July 15, 2021 No Responses

Ministry, Japan Empower 150 Farmers With Rice Seeds, Inputs In Edo

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday empowered 150 rice farmers with improved rice seeds and farm inputs in Edo. Distributing the farm inputs ...

July 14, 2021 No Responses

NCoS Secures ICRC Certificate To Produce Rice, Palm Kernel In Edo

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued an Outlined Business Case (OBC) Certificate to Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in respect of the Ozalla farm, Edo state for production of rice and Palm kernel. Speaking on Tue...

June 29, 2021 No Responses

CBN Facilitates 50,000mt Of Maize To Obasanjo Farms, Zartech, Others

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), has approved the release of 50,000 metric tonnes of maize to twelve major producers, from the strategic maize reserve (SMR). According to CBN, the release was to enable...

June 15, 2021 No Responses

Fertilizer Markets Boom On Mixed Fundamentals

By Julia Meehan, Managing Editor, Fertilizers, ICIS — International fertilizer markets are currently experiencing an unseasonal boost in prices and demand, with some prices hitting historical highs. The major question now for producers, traders, co-ope...