AGRICULTURE

  The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IIITA) Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) has recorded significant progress in the rapid multiplication of yam seedlings. The leader of the Project, Dr Norbert Maroya said this on Friday at the Yam Field Day to celebrate the...

Heifer, NiDCOM collaborate to attract Diaspora investments into Nigeria’s Agribusiness Heifer Nigeria, a global nonprofit institution working towards eradicating poverty and hunger is collaborating with the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) to link diaspora investments to Nigerian agribusinesses in order to stimulate economic growth. Featuring its initiatives at the fourth...

  to add 750, 000MTs via rain-fed cultivation, reduce annual import by 60%   In a bid to meet high demand amid poor production capacity of wheat, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Heritage Bank Plc have adopted a novel but more robust approach to boost local production and...

*UN, development partners to support transformative national food system pathways *UN Dep. S.G commends leadership, focus of VP, Dialogue Convener As part of other efforts to address malnutrition and related challenges in the country, the Federal Government in collaboration with States is considering under the auspices of the National Economic...

  ) Nigeria has the economic potential to generate 427.3 million dollars (N188bn) from domestic value-addition to cassava, and earn additional 2.98 billion dollars (N1.2 trn) in export of the commodity annually. The Executive Director of Partnership Initiative for Niger Delta (PIND), Dara Akala, who made this known at the...

says state will continue to re-engineer agribusiness devt Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, said that his administration will continue to re-engineer agribusiness development in Oyo State, with a view to expanding the economy of the state. The governor, who was speaking at the Oyo State 2021 Agribusiness Summit,...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the state government has procured 14 new tractors and ancillary equipment for farmers in the state under the “Eko Agro Mechanisation Programme”. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Sunday in Lagos at the grand finale of the 2021 World Food Day Celebration in...

  The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday, said that 4.2 million Nigerians had been lifted out of poverty, through the agriculture sector in two years. The minister disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, to commemorate the 2021 World Food Day under the...

The Federal Government on Sunday granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize in the country. This is contained in a statement by Mr Alex Abutu, Communication Officer of African Agricultural Technology Foundation, (AATF), West and Central Africa, in Abuja. Abutu explained that TELA maize is a...

 The Chairman, Board of Directors, Sterling Bank Plc, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has said that the annual agriculture output of 1.3 per cent is insufficient to meet food and raw materials demands.Ighodalo said in his address at the 4th Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) 2021 organised by Sterling Bank with the theme:...