IITA And Sudan Sign MoU On Cassava Transformation
Yemisi Izuora The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga has said that the collaboration between IITA and Sudan will put smiles on the…
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Cote d’Ivoire Sends Mission To Nigeria To Tap IITA Youth Agripreneur Initiative
Yemisi Izuora Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) Model, as part of…
Farm Machinery Opens In Onne Rivers State
Yemisi Izuora In its continuing efforts to fight poverty and hunger, the Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program-Phase 1, ATASP-1 Outreach Program, unveiled a new tractor and other farm implements…
Government Fears Rice Shortage May Occur Because Of Flood
Yemisi Izuora The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has raised concern that if appropriate measures were not taken to replant after the recent flood, the country…
Research Identifies Banana Variety Resistant To Disease In Africa
Yemisi Izuora A new research has discovered a specie of banana that could resist devastating disease that has hampered bountiful harvest in Africa. The research carried out by a team…
Dizengoff Partners Best Food Global To Set Up 100 Greenhouse Farms In Lagos
Yemisi Izuora Dizengoff Nigeria has entered into partnership with Best Food Global to promote production of quality vegetables and crops that will be harvested all round the year using an…
NAIC Assures Of Prompt Payment Of Compensation To Farmers …As Flood Wrecks Farmlands Across States
Yemisi Izuora The Managing Director, Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation, NAIC, Mrs Folashade Joseph, has sympathized with farmers and assured its insured farmers in the various states, being ravished by…
US Commends IITA Youth Agripreneur Programme
Yemisi Izuora The US Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Stuart Symington, accompanied by Benjamin Williams, Political and Economic Officer from the office of the US Consulate General, paid a courtesy…
FG To Lobby Banks On 5% Lending Rate to farmers
The Federal Government said it is considering discussing with banks, especially the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL) to help reduce the lending rate for loans to…
Anambra Government Deepens Interface With Farmers To Achieve Rice Export
Yemisi Izuora Anambra State government is deepening its partnership with farmers to further strategise on measures geared toward making the state “the food basket of the nation’’. Governor Willie Obiano…
