Agriculture
Yemisi Izuora In a concerted effort to reduce postharvest losses and improve the quality of food across the country, the Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has commenced the use…
Moses Ofodeme A herd of hundreds of elephants that have returned to north-east Nigeria causing extensive damage to food crops. According to Guardian UK report on Monday, November 9, the…
Yemisi Izuora Despite complications created by COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, UN Women and Standard Bank are equipping women farmers in Nigeria and other countries in Africa with skills and resources to…
Yemisi Izuora Experts have harped on the need to deepen the education of farmers in the country to tap huge potentials in the industry. Participants at the Chartered Insurance Institute…
As part of efforts to provide employment opportunities for thousands of youths in the country, leading empowerment firm, Goskylight has announced plans to train prospective grasscutter farmers in Lagos and…
Yemisi Izuora Three hundred and fifty farmers in Abia on Wednesday participated in a one-day training in modern cassava production and entrepreneurship under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor…
Arc Kabir Ibrahim Prior to the discovery of oil the main attraction of Nigeria as a colony was its vast land, prospective mineral resources and a diverse population. With the…
The African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), the commercial subsidiary of African Risk Capacity Group (ARC Group), has announced a partnership agreement with Pula to deliver best-in-class agriculture index insurance…
Yemisi Izuora The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has advised banks to grow the share of their credit to the agricultural sector by more than twice its current size. By…
Hyacinth Chinweuba Niger State Government has accessed the sum of N1.5 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to kick start the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) in the…
