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IITA, corporate farmers initiate TV programme to boost…
As part of efforts to shift focus of youths from white collar jobs to agriculture, agribusiness as well as to…
World Bank grant $500mln for rehabilitation of…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has applauded the World Bank for allocating $500 Million for the…
Cocoa, rubber valuable, can turn around Nigerian…
Professor Peter Okuneye, a renowned researcher and scholar in the field of agricultural and environmental economics…
Mali produces 2.45m tonnes of rice as 2015/16 harvest…
Mali has produced 2,451,321 tonnes of rice as it approaches the end of the 2015/16 harvest, up 13 percent from last…
Bad roads frustrating Nigerian farmers
One of the greatest problems confronting rural farmers and communities in Nigeria is the absence of critical…
Rice farmers commence harvest for first organic induce…
Rice farmers in Emigi, Katcha local government area of Niger State have begun the harvest of rice produced using…
Firm to create 4000 jobs with $100 million rice…
Pearl Universal Impex Limited, an Indian company, has invested over $100 million in rice farming in Niger State.…
Ogun finalises N2.4bn agric deal with IFAD
As part of efforts to ensure adequate food security in Southwest states and increase Nigerian gross domestic…
NEPC proposes increased investment in palm oil, other…
Following the dwindling crude oil price and its negative effect on Nigeria’s economy, the Nigerian Export Promotion…
Manufacturers call on agric minister to rescind ban on…
Investors and members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), agricultural sector, have called on the…
Lower Ivorian crop to drive global cocoa deficit: ECOM
A decline in cocoa output in top grower Ivory Coast is forecast to lead to a deficit of 183,000 tonnes in the…
Olam expands into animal feed business
Olam International Limited has disclosed that its grains platform plans to expand into animal feed and related…