AGRICULTURE

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria is making progress in rice production and processing. Mr Ebrima FAAL, Senior Country Director of the bank, stated this while suggesting measures to be taken for quick economic recovery during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. FAAL said this...

Nigeria’s largest retail bank, Access Bank Plc., has been named as one of the top 500 global banking brands, according to leading business valuation and strategy consultancy, Brand Finance. Access Bank has demonstrated growth since it was last ranked as the fifth most valuable Nigerian bank in the 2017 Banking...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following federal government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2022. The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN) led by its National President, Gabriel Ogunsanya, in...

Mr Adebayo Adewole, Osun Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, has assured farmers that the state government will restrict open grazing of cattle by herdsmen to farm settlements to prevent farmers-herders crisis. The commissioner gave the assurance, while hosting representative of Iwo farm settlements and other stakeholders in his office,...

  The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS), on Tuesday said that one major way to boost local rice consumption among Nigerians is to invest in local fabrication of de-stoning machines. National Coordinator, Mr Tedheke Retson, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Lagos State Government says it will upgrade the agricultural supply chain by connecting all value chains with the newly established Eko City Farmers Market. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal, made this known on Tuesday at a Stakeholders Meeting on the implementation of Eko City Farmers’...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mobilised and validated 140,848 tomato farmers for the Anchor Borrowers Programme. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele disclosed this at the Ground-Breaking ceremony of Tomato Jos at Kangimi community in Kaduna on Monday. Tomato Jos is an American owned company aimed to transform...

  About  2,000 youth farmers in Nasarawa State are to benefit from an African Development Bank (AfDB) project tagged: ‘Technologies for African Transformation (TAAT)- Water Enabler Compact (WEC)’, to boost dry season rice production in the state. Prof. Henry Igbadun, National Coordinator of the TAAT-WEC project, stated this in Lafia...

  Dr Andrew Kwasari, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture says the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) will create millions of jobs and engender economic growth in Nigeria. Kwasari said this on Thursday at the inauguration of training on the implementation of the pilot programmes under the NLTP...

  Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President, says his mango plantation in Howe, Gwer East Local Government Area will employ over 1,000 workers in Benue. Obasanjo made the disclosure on Monday in Howe during a visit to the farm to inspect the progress made so far. He said that the...