The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) yesterday said that it had disbursed more than N1.5 billion loan to 8,494 famers in Bauchi State from 2001 to date....
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) weekend renewed the U.S. government’s commitment to supporting Nigeria in boosting its food production for export. USAID’s Mission...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed its support to the African Union (AU) in implementing Africa’s commitments for an accelerated agricultural growth and transformation. Speaking...
The Federal Government said on Friday that it would soon establish a raw material-based cluster project in each of the 774 local government areas to accelerate...
OPERATORS in the rice and palm oil sectors of the Nigerian economy have cried out that their investments and the Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government...
… Military, paramilitary, govt institutions to patronise made-in Nigeria fabrics Federal Government yesterday announced a new funding policy mechanism that will ensure that Cotton, Textile and...
The Bank of Industry and other local investors have injected N1.56 billion on two rice mills and farms promoted by the former Minister of Industry/ President...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Hilal Elver, has warned that as Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, the region is now on the...
Nigeria plans to boost its cocoa output by more than 40 percent to 500,000 metric tons in the 2014-15 season, Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina said. The...
Acting Director-General, National Agricultural Seed Councils (NASC) Dr Philips Olusegun-Ojo, said that the Federal Government was targeting 20 million farmers in the fertiliser distribution for the...
—-high interest rate killing sector —-transportation, port charges, high cost of shipping —-non disbursement of $40m Afrinexim loans By Omoh Gabriel Business Editor The price tag...
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has set up an investment and technology promotion office (ITPO) in Nigeria to complement the country’s efforts at attracting...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the West African Cotton Co. Ltd., (WACOT) to develop...
Nigeria’s cocoa mid-crop is taking longer to complete and boosting prospects for production from the world’s fourth-largest grower of the beans. The smaller of two annual...
The African continent is nearer to achieving a green economy status compared to other continents because it is closer to nature, the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)...