Agriculture

LASG FLAGS OFF SCREENING FOR AGRIC ENTREPRENEURS …Targets 1700 Participants For Take-Off Lagos State Government on Tuesday officially flagged off the screening of over 2000 applicants for support in the… Continue reading LASG FLAGS OFF SCREENING FOR AGRIC ENTREPRENEURS

Food Import: PDP Advises Buhari To Reconsider Forex Ban PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiy The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to reconsider his directive… Continue reading Food Import: PDP Advises Buhari To Reconsider Forex Ban

Nasarawa Govt Flags Off Agro -Processing Export Facility The Governor of Nasarawa State, Engineer Abdullahi Sule on Tuesday,called off the fully automated state of art agro-processing, export and commodity trading… Continue reading Nasarawa Govt Flags Off Agro -Processing Export Facility

Cross River govt threatens to sanction indebted cocoa farmers Governor, Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade The Cross River Government has directed beneficiaries of 2016-2019 cocoa lease allocation who are… Continue reading Cross River govt threatens to sanction indebted cocoa farmers

Cross River Gets N3bn Rice Seedlings Order From FG L-R: President Buhari with Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State The industrialization effort of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade,… Continue reading Cross River Gets N3bn Rice Seedlings Order From FG

NIRSAL: We’ve guaranteed over N85.5bn agric loans since inception Managing Director of NIRSAL, Mr Abdulhameed Aliyu In its quest to grow the agriculture sector and position it as a major… Continue reading NIRSAL: We’ve guaranteed over N85.5bn agric loans since inception

Fighting malnutrition must be priority in Nigeria — AmoFarm boss Group Managing Director, Amo Sieberer hatchery Limited, Dr Ayoola Oduntan   The Group Managing Director, Amo Sieberer hatchery Limited, Dr… Continue reading Fighting malnutrition must be priority in Nigeria — AmoFarm boss

CSOs urge FG to prioritise NABDA for economic diversification Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to explore the potentials inherent in the National Agricultural Biotechnology… Continue reading CSOs urge FG to prioritise NABDA for economic diversification

Atiku pledges priority attention to Agric, commerce Atiku speaking during the rally in Borno The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has promised to give priority attention to… Continue reading Atiku pledges priority attention to Agric, commerce

NOSAK GROUP PLANS TO INVEST IN AGRIBUSINESS Nosak Group of companies, an indigenous conglomerate with interest cutting across agribusiness, financial service, manufacturing, real estate and retail business held its Annual… Continue reading NOSAK GROUP PLANS TO INVEST IN AGRIBUSINESS

HOW WE PLAN TO MECHANIZE AGRIC SECTOR – VP OSINBAJO Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the official launch of the Federal government agricultural development programme tagged: “Green Imperative”. The… Continue reading HOW WE PLAN TO MECHANIZE AGRIC SECTOR – VP OSINBAJO

Sudan and IITA sign MoU on Cassava Transformation by Oki Samson L-R: Professor Ahmed Mohamed Suliman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Khartoum and Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr… Continue reading Sudan and IITA sign MoU on Cassava Transformation

OTACCWA advocates climate-friendly technologies The Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa has urged agricultural stakeholders in the country to maximize the use of climate-friendly technologies in… Continue reading OTACCWA advocates climate-friendly technologies

Agra Innovate Showcases Nigeria’s Agric Potential Folusho Olaniyan OON, Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa. ….As Governor Fayemi leads delegation to expo Agra Innovate West Africa expo will host the… Continue reading Agra Innovate Showcases Nigeria’s Agric Potential

PHOTOS: ELITE MAGAZINE PARTNERED FOREIGN AGRIC FIRM TO HOLD SUMMIT by Oki Samson

Political will and joint efforts needed to reverse losses of N450bn in GDP due to malnutrition in Nigeria Unveiling the largest traditional pot   …As HarvestPlus announces Nutritious Food Fair… Continue reading Political will and joint efforts needed to reverse losses of N450bn in GDP due to malnutrition in Nigeria

Scientists’ breakthrough brings hope for banana resistance breeding to deadly bacterial wilt disease A team led by scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have announced a breakthrough… Continue reading Scientists’ breakthrough brings hope for banana resistance breeding to deadly bacterial wilt disease

Farmer advises’ parents to encourage children into farming Farmers cultivating rice National Deputy President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr Segun Atho, has advised parents to encourage their children going… Continue reading Farmer advises’ parents to encourage children into farming

Embassy of Netherlands Partners NAAJ on Agricultural Development in Nigeria L-R: NAAJ Auditor , Mr. Caleb Oyewale; Agricultural Assistant Policy Officer, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr. Brian Chris Udoh; Head of… Continue reading Embassy of Netherlands Partners NAAJ on Agricultural Development in Nigeria

Video: Rice farmers mull 24m mt production Illustration: more adolescents infected with HIV globally, says UNAIDS The National Agency for the Control of AIDS says 95% of HIV/AIDS funding is… Continue reading Video: Rice farmers mull 24m mt production

Buhari commissions Rice Seedling factory President Buhari cuts the tape to commission the rice seedling factory Two years after he performed the ground-breaking for the 274-kilometre superhighway of Cross River… Continue reading Buhari commissions Rice Seedling factory

CELLULANT TO SCALE UP EWALLET SYSTEM, AGRIKORE TO HELP MORE FARMERS Cellulant Co-founders,Bolaji Akinboro (L) and Ken Njoroge After raising $47.5m from the Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund… Continue reading CELLULANT TO SCALE UP EWALLET SYSTEM, AGRIKORE TO HELP MORE FARMERS

LAGOS TO COMPLETE LARGEST RICE MILL IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA EARLY 2019 …Revs Up New Mile 12 Market, Agbowa Timberville Sawmill, Others Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode The Lagos… Continue reading LAGOS TO COMPLETE LARGEST RICE MILL IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA EARLY 2019