Agriculture

Yemisi Izuora Pricewaterhouse Coopers, PWC, has advised State Governments to invest in technology so as to facilitate trading of agricultural produce. PwC in its latest report which assessed “Economic impact…

Yemisi Izuora A public-private sector initiative between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) in partnership with…

Yemisi Izuora Pula, an African InsureTech service provider that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6 million Series A…

Yemisi Izuora The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has signed a critical Memorandaum of Understanding (MoU) with ABG Paulas Resources, a German consultancy firm. The initiative is expected to…

Yemisi Izuora He Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is pressing for release of about 300,000 metric tonnes of maize into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’…

The Kwara Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, in Ilorin, launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, designed to make Kwara food sufficient  by 2030. “The essence of this document is…

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, has said that 27,000 unemployed Youths and women will benefit from the Extended Special Public Works Programme (ESPWs). Chief…

Yemisi Izuora Value Seeds in partnership with MasterCard Foundation would be supporting about 10,000 Nigerian women in its two-year agricultural intervention initiative. Under the initiative, over 450 tons of premium…

Mr Segun Atho, Deputy National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), says rice farmers in Lagos can grow the crop all year round to meet demand. Atho told the…