Nigeria Farmers Archives — Page 2 of 3

June 14, 2021 No Responses

‘Dangote Fertiliser Delivers 120 Trucks Daily’

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Dangote urea fertiliser currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country to meet local demands and exports. Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Devakumar Edwin, in...

June 5, 2021 No Responses

Dangote Fertiliser Hits Nigerian Market

Dangote Industries Limited on Friday disclosed that its three million metric tonnes granulated urea fertilizer plant is now completed and its products will flood the Nigerian market from Monday. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President Dangote Group, made th...

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 10, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Registers 5.7m Farmers

The Nigerian Government has registered 5.7 million farmers across the country as part of measures to identify genuine farmers and grant them Government support directly,Minister Of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono has said. Addressin...

January 31, 2021 No Responses

Ban Export Of Maize, Poultry Association Urges FG

The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State (PANLAG), Badagry chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban export of maize as part of measures to have sufficient feeds for chicken. Chairman of PANLAG, Dr Olusegun Adedayo, made the appea...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

CBN Disburses N554b To Two Million Farmers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed N554.61 billion to 2, 849,490 farmers to boost food security under its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) beginning from 2015. In a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

Rabbit Farming Booms In Plateau State

The Secretary, Plateau State Rabbit Breeders Association, Mr Pam Gyang, on Tuesday, disclosed that rabbit farming has become popular in the state with many residents engaging in it. Gyang who said this in an interview with the News Agency o...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Nasarawa Unveils Fertilizer Sales For 2021 Dry Season Farming

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has launched fertilizer sales, at subsidized rate, to boost farmers’ efforts at dry season farming for improved agricultural production. Speaking in Lafia, on Tuesday, at the distribution ceremony for 20...

January 18, 2021 No Responses

Institute Implores FG On Dry Season Farming

The Institute for Agricultural Research at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State, has called on the Federal Government and various tiers of Governments to boost dry season farming. Director of the Institute, Prof. Mohammed Ishiyaku, in a chat...

January 6, 2021 No Responses

AFAN Seeks all-Year-Round Farming

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has called for the adoption of policies that would support all-year-round farming to mitigate hunger and malnutrition in the country. AFAN’s National President, Mr Kabri Ibrahim, made the call in an interview wi...

January 5, 2021 No Responses

LAPO Empowers 129,637 Farmers With N10.9b Loans

The Rural Development Initiative (RDI), a subsidiary of Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Group in 2019 supported 129,637 rural farmers with N10.9 billion soft loans. Head Advocacy and Communication, LAPO, Mr Wisdom Abhulimen&nb...

December 12, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Seek Planting Season Incentives

Commercial farmers in Badagry area of Lagos State have appealed to the State Government to provide agricultural incentives such as inputs and tractors for land clearing ahead the 2021 planting season. The farmers, under the aegis of Nigeria Commercial Fa...

November 16, 2020 No Responses

Agric Firm To Facilitate N5.7b Loan For 25,000 Farmers

An agritech focussed company, Farmcrowdy Limited (FC) has pledged to impact 25,000 farmers across Nigeria through its Structured Financing of N5.7 billion. The Chief Financial Officer and Business Leader, FC Structured Finance, Mr Oluwakotanmi Ojo, m...

October 28, 2020 No Responses

Sokoto Seeks N20b To Fix Damages Caused By Flood

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday said the state government needs about N20 billion to fix the damages caused by flood across the state. Tambuwal stated this on Tuesday in Sokoto when he received the report of the...