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IITA young agric entrepreneurs to train Borno youths
Youth entrepreneurs under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA Youth Agripreneurs) have…
FG acquires research vessel for NIOMR to boost local…
The acquisition of a 10.1 million Euros research vessel for the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine…
Growing commercial usage reduces fruit wastage by half
Postharvest losses of fruits such as mango, pawpaw, orange, guava, pineapple have gone down to about to 25percent…
FG set to revive moribund textile mills
Committed to revive moribund textile mills and industries depending on cotton outputs for production, the federal…
Idaewor farms to raise N40mn from public
The authorities of Idaewor Farms limited, one of the leading agro-processors in the South- South geopolitical zone…
FIIRO, BoI stress agriculture’s role in Nigeria’s…
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) and Bank of Industry (BoI) have highlighted the…
Nigeria’s cocoa prices fall as mold reduces bean quality
Cocoa prices received by farmers in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, declined as mold induced by heavy rains…
NABG to become sector’s leading voice
The newly established Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) is to become the country’s strongest voice for the…
Ogun to have 500 new youth-owned cassava production…
About 500 cassava farming enterprises producing about 0.15 million tons of cassava would emerge in Ogun State, if…
Experts urge Nigeria to improve on agric processing,…
Experts, who participated in the recently concluded Ogun State Investors’ Forum, have jointly canvassed total…
Ogun to have 500 new youth-owned cassava production…
About 500 cassava farming enterprises producing about 0.15 million tons of cassava would emerge in Ogun State, if…
African leaders highlight nutrition as key economic…
Improved nutrition has been identified as a cornerstone of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity at…