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Agric ministry highlights mechanisation support for…
Various harvest and post-harvest equipment have been deployed to render mechanisation services to Nigerian farmers…
Chocolate bars consumption to drive cocoa sales
Nigeria currently produces 350,000 metric tons of cocoa annually. It ranks third in the world after Cote D’Ivoire…
‘Our model is tied around meeting Nigerians’ basic…
Mayor Farms Limited is an agribusiness committed to providing eggs and chickens to the Lagos and Ogun markets,…
Farmers hit by bird flu count losses
Though the spread of bird flu is being curtailed, poultry farmers in Plateau State whose farms were hit by the…
Inter-ministerial agric nutrition working group comes on…
An inter-ministerial agriculture nutrition working group has been formally inaugurated by Akinwunmi Adesina,…
Nigerian rural farmers yet to explore mobile money…
Industry watchers have noted that the inability of Nigeria’s regulatory authorities to allow telecom operators lead…
Global frozen food market to reach $156.4bn by 2020
According to a new market report published by Persistence Market Research, “Global Market Study on Frozen Food,…
CADP contributes 12.75% to Lagos agric GDP
Lagos State Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), which is aimed at improving agriculture production…
Nigeria to ride on Israel’s expertise to boost agric…
Nigeria wants to ride on the innovative strides of the Israeli government to expand its agricultural…
Anambra govt launches N16bn tomato, cassava plantation
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Thursday launched N16 billion worth plantation exclusively for cultivation and…
Receding Avian influenza takes 17 of every 100,000 birds
About 17 out of every 100,000 birds in Nigeria have been lost as a result of the receding outbreak of Avian…
AfDB, FG, IITA partner on youth scheme, income, food…
The African Development Bank (AfDB), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), and the…