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EU pledges support for Nigeria’s food manufacturing,…
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday pledged its support for the nation’s emerging food manufacturing and…
Investment opportunities abound in Nigeria’s packaged…
Whether raw, partially or fully processed, when packaged attractively and labelled, even the most ‘ordinary’ food…
Domestic seed production rises 3,415% in 3 years
Seed production in Nigeria has increased by about 3,415 percent as a result of the operations of private seed…
X-raying tomato market facts
According to findings by Novus Agro Commodity Company, tomato retail prices in Mile 12 Market in Lagos State, were…
Reps summon Okonjo-Iweala, Adesina over alleged N21bn…
The House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee on the N21 billion waivers allegedly granted some rice importers has…
Poor infrastructure, farming practices impede increase…
Some of the problems confronting agricultural productivity in the country are poor infrastructure and farming…
Poultry industry employs 14m, earning N46,000 per-capita…
Industry worth
Though the commercial poultry industry in Nigeria is growing, with more industrialisation, the…
FG trains Ekiti farmers on pesticides application to…
Apparently disturbed by indiscriminate application of pesticide and herbicide on food and cash crops, which could…
19 French companies in Nigeria attending AgroFood…
Representatives of 19 French companies are currently in Nigeria on a trade mission to attend AgroFood Trade…
Poultry industry grows by 31% in 3 years
The commercial poultry industry and allied businesses supporting the industrial sector of Nigeria’s economy have…
Transcorp agribusiness arm to begin farming in Benue
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has announced that its agribusiness subsidiary, Teragro…
Akinwumi Adesina: cocoa production to hit one million…
Nigeria's cocoa production could top 1 million tonnes in 2020, Agricultural Minister Akinwumi Adesina said on…