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IN what promises to be economically beneficial to agri-business stakeholders and investors, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has resolved to partner the Nigerian Commodity Exchange Commission to develop the commodity market.    To make this happen, the Commission wants to secure several warehousing and storage facilities, and seeks a working relationship with…

A sensitisation exercise tagged ‘Revamping Agricultural Sector in Nigeria Through Aggressive Industrial Farm Park Project’ took place in Lagos, recently to discuss ways of revamping the agricultural sector in the country. At the event, held in partnership with Chinese Government Export Credit, the CEO of 1.2 Green Ltd, Mr Obada Votu expressed the company’s readiness…

elemoTHE Director General/Chief Executive of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Dr. (Mrs.) Gloria Nwakaegho Elemo, has been appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice).   In a release by the Institute, the appointment conveyed through a letter from the Board Chair, Dr. Peter Matlon, will…

N an effort to improve food and nutritional security in the country, development partners, including European Union, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany and US have committed $500million to the sector between 2013-2016 The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Arc. Sonny Echono disclosed this during a workshop on Public Validation of the Annual…

A vast land of 21 hectares, which include 10,000 heaps of yam, 4,000 suckers of plantain, seven hectares of maize, 62 pigs and 370 egg producing layers, is being cultivated by Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), as part of its econo-practical pathway for entrepreneurial agriculture.

IN the assessment of stakeholders, the capacity of the reforms introduced in the agricultural space by the former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina to truly boost food production, is not in doubt.

ASIDE investing about $1billion in its agro-allied operations in the last five years, the Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc is set to plough an equivalent sum into its business in the next five years to remain a top player in the sector and create more jobs.

THE Monarch of Okolo village in Eruwa area of Oyo State, Pa David Olasunkanmi, and his subjects have expressed satisfaction in the introduction of Vitamin A cassava by HarvestPlus and the transformation in the livelihood of the rural farmers.

DISTURBED by the flow of fake and adulterated seeds into the Nigerian markets, the National Agricultural Seeds Council has embarked on raids of such markets, with Sabon Gari market, Kano being the latest in the clamp down. 
  

WOMEN in agribusiness, who are usually at disadvantage in issues of agricultural financing, would now heave sigh of relief as they would be preferentially empowered in the Growth and Employment in States – Wholesale and Retail sector (GEMS4) project.

OGUN State government has re-affirmed commitment towards reviving agriculture to boost industrial base and restore lost glory, and return it as the main source of the revenue base. The State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun stated this at the flag-off and symbolic distribution of Agro-Inputs to the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) supported beneficiaries of the…

TOWARDS the realisation of food sustainability, as well as reduction of poverty in developing countries like Nigeria, food technology, technical cum vocational education and entrepreneurship have been identified as inevitable mechanisms required by the Polytechnic system to make education practical-oriented. This is submission by the Deputy Rector, Yaba College of Technology, Mr Innocent Akhuemonkhan, while…