African cocoa trading centre opens in central China
Central China’s Hunan Province on Wednesday opened a cocoa trading centre to connect Africa, the world’s leading cocoa producer, to China’s fast-growing appetite for...
Association wants 5% oil revenue invested in cocoa production
Mr Sayina Rima, outgoing National President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN), has advocated investment of five per cent of oil revenue into cocoa production...
Tomato hybrid with long shelf life to be available in 12 months- NABDA DG
Prof. Alex Akpa, Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says within a period of one year, Nigerians should expect high yielding tomato hybrid with...
Potato prices crash in Kano
Prices of potatoes have dropped in Kano metropolis amid low patronage of the produce, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.
A check...
30 Osun Cocoa farmers get N5m grants from Micro-credit agency
The Osun Micro-Credit Agency on Wednesday granted N5 million loan to 30 Cocoa farmers in the state.
Mr Bayo Babaranti, the General Manager...
We’ve set Oyo up for massive agribusiness turnaround-Makinde
• as he launches IITA-backed STEP programme
• pledges to replicate scheme in all zones of Oyo
The Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, declared that...
IITA, Oyo govt, launch agri-business training programme for students
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan and Oyo state government on Thursday launched a programme tagged: ‘’Start Them Early Programme” (STEP)...
Unilorin to begin N600m poultry project, says VC
Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has said that the university, with support from the Central...
Ekiti Govt partners with CBN to empower 1,000 cassava farmers
The Ekiti Government, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is to empower no fewer than 1,000 cassava farmers to ensure...
Sokoto govt disburses N4bn loan to promote cash crops farming
Sokoto state government says it has secured N4 billion to be disbursed as loan to farmers across the state in its effort to...
