Agriculture, the staggering gazelle in the Nigerian economy.
The latest national accounts show that the agriculture sector grew by 3.4% y/y in Q4 ’20, compared with 1.4% the…
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Nigeria’s farming and food supply chains after Convid-19
During the lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, I joined a humanitarian team to distribute food to poor people in the urban…
NIGERIA’S SEASAME MARKET LOOKS PROMISING BUT IS CHAINED DOWN BY CHALLENGES
Sesame seeds, or beni-seeds as they are locally known, are among the most commercially viable crop critical to the agricultural…
FRANCE TO INVEST GREAT IN AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
France, Europe’s third largest economy after Germany and United Kingdom, in its more targeted investment in specific areas, is to…
DG WTO EXPRESSES EU COMPLAIN ON NIGERIA’S DIARY IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general, World Trade Organisation (WTO), during her first official visit to Nigeria divulged that the European…
NIGERIA’S SMALL SCALE FARMERS ARE LOCKED OUT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
78% of rural small-scale farmers in Nigeria were financially excluded, according to research Food security for Nigeria’s 200 million people relies on small-scale…
Agri Commodities and Finance (ACF) Secures $115m syndicated loan to boost agriculture.
The Netherlands Development Finance Corporation (FMO) has teamed up with the Development Finance Institute (FinDev Canada) and Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG…
Brazil has granted Nigeria $1.2 billion loan for agriculture modernization
The Federal Government has signed a fresh $1.2 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Development Bank of Brazil for…
A Glimpse at the world of Agriculture.
Nigeria’s agric production has increased significantly but is that enough to say she is on track in its food production…
HOW TECHNOLOGY IS BRINGING MORE WOMEN INTO AGRICULTURE
For most farmers in Nigeria, the use of traditional farm tools to cultivate is the most tedious part of the…