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Indigenous firm secures 5,000 hectares of land for rice…
Rice production in Nigeria is set to receive a boost as an indigenous agribusiness firm, Haske and Williams, has…
FX shortage spikes local sourcing of agro inputs
Agro-allied manufacturers are increasingly sourcing raw materials locally as foreign exchange hiccups deal blow on…
Dizengoff to create 1000 jobs through greenhouse…
In a bid to align with the Federal Government’s move to diversify the economy away from oil through agriculture and…
Edo reps mull farm settlement to empower constituency
As part of deliberate policy to diversify the economic base of the old Agbazillo people in Edo central senatorial…
Abia targets 7.5 million oil palm trees in 3yrs
Abia State Government intends to plant about 7.5 million oil palm trees in the next three years, in its ‘Return…
Nigerian cocoa farmers upbeat on crop outlook on weather
Late rain in Nigeria this year is helping cocoa trees to flower, raising hopes of a good harvest in the world's…
Buhari orders release of 10,000 tons of grains
The Presidency rejected insinuations that poverty and lack are products of the Change mantra.
This is as it…
AfDB to invest $300m in agric-business led employment…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in its continued efforts at providing fund for youths involved in agriculture…
Poor allocation, system failure stalls potential of…
Agricultural research institutes operating in the country have failed to provide technologies that will improve…
Nigeria set to cut $1.3bn diary import cost through…
In a bid to reduce the country’s diary import bill, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Loekke Rasmussen and…
CBN injects N26bn in new sugar refinery
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has assured genuine investors of cooperation and…
Seed supply gap of 231,000mt exposes opportunity in …
Latest statistics from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shows Nigeria has a supply-demand…