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Smallholder farmers export fresh vegetables with NAQS…
Following the guidelines of the National Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS), some smallholder farmers are…
Family agro tours fire up youthful passion in…
Many current or potential investors in agribusiness are concerned that their children may not be interested in the…
BATN Foundation establishes N10m oil palm processing…
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN) has established an oil palm processing cottage industry…
Female scientists help smallholder women farmers…
Women comprise the majority of farmers in many rural African communities, but their farming operations are carried…
TechnoServe, Olam train 6,000 cashew farmers
TechnoServe, a Washington-based poverty eradication organisation, in partnership with Olam Nigeria, has trained…
YPARD – a global effort at youth involvement in…
Youth Platform for Agricultural Development (YPARD) is a global effort targeted at getting young professionals…
Ogun to create more forest reserves for improved revenue…
Determined to aggressively increase its revenue base through afforestation and lumbering, Ogun State government…
Turning agro-value chain potential into profit
The Federal Government came up with the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, a policy initiative many state…
Sugarcane out-growers, others to finance NSMP project
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has declared that sugarcane out-growers would henceforth share in…
Agribusiness players’ interest heighten in FG 3.5m job…
The interest of the private sector in the agricultural transformation agenda (ATA) of the Federal Government,…
FG approves N10bn cassava development fund
The Federal Government has approved N10 billion for the Cassava Development Fund (CDF), a statement by the…
Boosting agriculture in Ekiti with bank’s partnership
As the country reverses years of neglect of its farming industry, pushing agriculture as its new frontier for…