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How packaged foods increase demand for plastic…
The increase in demand for packaged foods and the stocking of these locally produced foods in mega stores have been…
Government, private sector partner on SPCZ…
To reduce post-harvest losses, create jobs and develop the rural areas, the government in partnership with the…
Bloomberg adds $250m investment in agric sector
Bloomberg, a firm with focus on warehouse storage for perishable foods, has concluded plans to invest $250 million…
354 MFB clients get CBN loan interest drawback
The authorities of Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Microfinance Bank said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
IITA Bénin hosts centre of excellence for research
A centre of excellence for research and training to link climate change with biodiversity and biotic stresses was…
Phones constitute 83% of marketing information to…
GSM phones now constitute about 83 percent of the agricultural marketing information outlets farmers use in…
Farmers get 12.5m poly bags for cocoa production
About 12.5 million poly bags and over 1 million disease resistant and high yielding early maturing cocoa pods have…
African farmer game: Exciting way of learning…
The African farmer, a new innovative game that aims to make it very exciting for people interested in learning…
Loan, grant facilities to boost Staple Crop Processing…
The newly announced $152.12 million loan facility and $385,000 grant by the Federal Executive Council for the…
4,500 cotton farmers in Katsina receive training
West Africa Cotton Limited (WACOT), an agricultural company, has begun the 2014 pre-planting training exercise for…
Stopping trend of rotten, expired fish imports into…
March 26, 2014, an importer brought in large quantities of fish with April 1, 2014, as expiring date. Foluke…
Stepping up productivity with more women in IITA
More and more stakeholders are realising that the involvement of women is vital in the effort to increase…