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Investors plan cocoa processing factory in A/Ibom
A group of investors has announced plans to set up a cocoa-processing factory in Akwa Ibom State to handle value…
Cost of food soars in Nigeria despite fall in global…
Food prices in Nigeria have been on upward trajectory despite the fall in global prices. Cost of food has increased…
Establishment of garri processing factory
The importance of food to human beings needs not be over flogged. Food is to human being as fuel is to engines. …
Ortom urges Nigerians to embark on farming using…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on Nigerians to embrace dry season farming using irrigation as…
Experts advocate switch to pellet feed
The USAID West Africa Trade and Investment Hub, in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science,…
Restore ban on rice importation, Senate tells FG
Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to restore the ban on importation of rice through land borders.…
Ogun partners Kenya on agric exchange programme
Having experienced serious financial challenges in 2015 fiscal year as a result of sharp drop in revenue…
FUNAAB canvasses biotechnology as panacea for food…
Nigeria will be better positioned to address the issue of food and security challenges bedeviling it, if…
Agric minister craves for younger generation of farmers
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has stated the need to bring in the youth into…
Africa: Agri-tech is the future of farming
German Ministry of International Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is fostering young African agri-tech start-ups…
Low agricultural mechanisation limiting farmers’…
Low level of agricultural mechanisation has continued to limit the capacity of farmers to expand their cultivation…
Olam targets 310,000 MT of rice in 2years
The federal government's rice sufficiency initiative is constantly getting the support of Olams Rice Farms with…