The Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc.) has completed the training and mentorship of 780 farmers and other agricultural value chain players across the country to achieve food sufficiency.

There’s something unique about quality: it speaks for itself. This fact was quite evident when, recently, the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, again carted home the Governor of The Year gong in agriculture.

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing Systems for Agricultural Lending Plc (NIRSAL Plc) has provided over N128 billion in loans for agriculture and agribusiness across the country since its inception 10 years ago.

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc), in collaboration with its partners, Successory Nigeria Limited and MTN Nigeria, has launched the NIRSAL Farmers’ Business School (NFBS), a mobile learning platform that is based on Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology.

The Federal Government says it has introduced a N250 billion intervention facility to stimulate finance and motivate investors in the gas value chain for sustainable business development in the country. Mr Bitrus Nabasu, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, disclosed this while briefing newsmen, on Sunday in Abuja. “Therefore, in an effort to stimulate…

Farmers in Nigeria have been urged to take advantage of insurance guarantees and subsidy regimes in agro-industrial value chains emplaced by the Central Bank of Nigeria

• ADT Russet Ltd to export 4,000MT yearly As the world global cocoa market value hits $67 billion, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) has activated its resources to maximise Nigeria’s participation in the raw material supply chains.   Hence, NIRSAL has provided 50 per cent Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG)…

The House of Representatives, yesterday, disclosed that it will commence investigation into the N275 billion the Federal Government approved from 2009 to date for disbursement...

Six years after the Federal Government launched the Anchor Borrowers Programme through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to assist in food production, the report card from the Southwest...

Late release of agricultural inputs and long protocol required to access loans under the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) are major factors for poor performance of the scheme in the Southeastern...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, said its cumulative interventions in critical sectors of the economy were over 3.5 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP as at the first quarter of this year.

The Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) has completed its pilot disbursement of loans totaling N165,700,000 to 239 beneficiaries ahead of the processing of the over three million applications...