AGRICULTURE

Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Bank Holdings Plc , Mrs Sola David-Borha, has called on governments at all levels, organized private sector, farmers and financial institutions to embrace agriculture in a sustainable manner to ensure that Nigeria through increased output will find its way out of the present economic recession...

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is expected to lead discussions on 'Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Nigeria' at this year’s 23rd Annual LAPO Development Forum scheduled to hold in Abuja next week. The Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, is expected to be Special Guest...

The Federal Government has been urged to maintain its position on the ban on rice importation in to the country through the land borders and encourage more rice farming and processing across the country. Former Minister of Commerce and Industry and one-time President of Manufactures Association of Nigeria (MAN), Engineer...

Managing Director, Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, said that for agriculture to work and contributes its quota to economic growth, guarantee decent incomes for farmers, it has to be properly linked to industry. He stated this in Lagos today at the signing of...

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has initiated a scheme to move cattle from the north to markets in the southern part of the country by rail starting from this week. The scheme which is being operated  in partnership with Connect Rail Services, a bulk freight...

As part of effort to curtail tomato losses in the country, Growth and Employment in States - Wholesale and Retail Trade (GEMS4), an economic development project jointly funded by the World Bank and DFID/UKAid, took good handling packaging campaign for perishable produce to Mile 12, Market, Lagos. GEMS4 is focused...

Farmers and stakeholders in Plateau have predicted that farming season would experience poor harvest in 2016  compared to the same period last year. Some of the stakeholders said in Jos on Sunday that they anticipated poor harvest owing to farmers’ inability to access vital farm inputs. A lecturer with the...

The African Development Bank has approved 9 million dollars equity investment (approximately 12 per cent of the fund’s capitalisation) in the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) to provide expansion capital to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). FAFIN is a first-generation private equity fund that provides financial, capacity-building...

No fewer than 4,000 farmers have been selected to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) agricultural loan in Edo State. The National Secretary of Federated Fadama,Henry Ebole, disclosed this  on Sunday in Benin City. He noted that the CBN initiative was part of the Federal Government’s effort to...

Nigerian agricultural and allied products now have a major boost in regional and international markets following a recent harmonization of standards exercise carried out by the Africa Regional Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO). The harmonisation exercise is coming against the background of strident calls to make the continent’s agricultural sector competitive...