Bank of Agriculture
22 Aug 2017
JDPC Director, Catholic Diocese of Ondo, Rev. Fr. Damian Adesegha, pointed out these inadequacies during the last state level dissemination and scorecard on assessment of agriculture credit by smallholder farmers at the weekend in Akure.
11 Apr 2017
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri speaking at the inaugural harvest of a Tillapia fish farm of Premium Aquaculture Limited, Oyan Dam in Abeokuta yesterday, lamented that funding remained the biggest challenge to farmers in the country.
4 Apr 2017
With about 70,000 micro, small and medium enterprises seeking various forms of financial intervention to take their businesses to the next level, there are concerns about the ability of the Development Bank of Nigeria...
2 Apr 2017
The new Managing Director of BOA, Alhaji Kabiru Mohammed Adamu, in his remarks, commended the outgoing management for its invaluable contribution to the organisation, noting “they came into office when the Bank was facing serious challenges”.
4 Mar 2017
The recent decision by the Federal Government to set up a task force on food security appears to be a welcome development in the light of daily astronomical increase in price of food commodities.
18 Dec 2016
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has disbursed more than N21.5billion to farmers nationwide in an empowerment initiative involving no fewer than 107,200 households.
21 Nov 2016
Sokoto State is to access the N220 billion Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has assured.
16 Oct 2016
Officials of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) are collaborating with the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) to scale up farmers’ participation in its Anchor Borrower ...
19 Aug 2016
In a bid to revive the ailing cocoa Industry in the country, Afreximbank and the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) have partnered with the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) on possible ways...
17 Aug 2016
A senior agriculture economist at the World Bank, Dr. Tunji Oredipe, has commended the Federal Government for not embarking on “policy summersault in the agriculture sector.”
13 Aug 2016
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) recently signed an agreement with Lovol, one of the leading Chinese technology companies that specialises in the manufacturing of tractors, to execute a 300 million-dollar agricultural mechanisation programme in the country.
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