Category: Agriculture
N26m grant for 26 agric cooperative societies in Ogun
No fewer than 26 Agricultural Cooperative Societies from six local government areas (LGAs), in Ogun State have been supported with N26m grant, to improve their farming...
Ogun, OSSAP train agric cooperative societies for higher productivity
No fewer than 20 Agriculture Cooperative Societies in Ogun State have been trained to acquire basic skills needed for their vocation, in order to improve on food...
Edo to invest N2.2bn CBN loan on crop production
The Edo Government says it will invest N2.2 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s N5 billion loan secured under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme on crop...
Amosun dragged to EFCC over MITROS Rice N4b loan
Governor Amosun, right and his guests during the launch of Mitros Rice in December 2017. Now he has been reported to the EFCC over an alleged mismanagement of N4b loan...
IAR, TAAT introduce modern irrigation technology for wheat farmers
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, in collaboration with the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation-Water...
FG to launch green imperative with Brazil
The Federal Government in partnership with the Government of Brazil is set to launch an agricultural initiative aimed at boosting agricultural production in Nigeria. The...
Osun economy: Agriculture to the rescue?
The world is not smiling! Even the most pretentious of all beings will readily admit that times and things are no longer as easy as they used to be. Of course, these are...
Ayoola foods: Proudly Nigerian with global acceptance
By Gbenga Osinaike You can’t encounter food items from the stable of Ayoola Foods and remain the same. The quality, the packaging and the alluring work environment of...
Sudan signs MoU with IITA to grow cassava
The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Nteranya Sanginga has said that a collaboration between IITA and Sudan will put...
Cote d’Ivoire sends mission to tap Nigeria’s IITA youth agripreneur model
Africa’s largest cocoa producer, Cote d’Ivoire has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Youth...
