Month: October 2018
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Agro Exports
SUSTAINABLE AGRO EXPORT WILL BOOST ECONOMY, SAYS NEPC
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says sustainable export of local commodities will boost the country’s economy. The South-South Regional Coordinator of…
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Agro Technology
AT DIZENGOFF’S OPEN DAY, EXPERTS ADVOCATE GREENHOUSE FOR FOOD SUFFICIENCY
As the country continues to grow faster than the food produced, Greenhouse technology has again been identified as the fastest…
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Agribusiness
HARVEST-PLUS REFUTES BEING PART OF $200BN BIO-FORTIFICATION FUND
Harvest-Plus Nigeria has denied being part of purported $200 billion food bio-fortification of crops as reported by some dailies. The…
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Agribusiness
AMERICAN FIRM PARTNERS YOTSI ON $25M FARM IN OSUN
An American company, Cade Creek International, Colorado, United States, in partnership with a non governmental organisation, Youth Off The Streets…
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Agro Financing
FARMERS, AGRO-INDUSTRIALISTS, OTHERS DEMAND SIMPLE PROCEDURES IN AGRIC FINANCING
Farmers, industrialists and financial experts in the agro-allied industries have called on the Federal Government to simplify processes and requirements…
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Cocoa Farming
84,000 LOSE JOBS AS 16 COCOA COMPANIES GO UNDER
5% of cocoa’s $140b comes to Africa despite 70% of global output • Nigeria loses $100b over inability to export…
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Agro Exports
NAQS MOVES TO LIFT EU BAN ON EXPORTATION OF NIGERIA’S FARM PRODUCE
The Federal Government has commenced talks with the European Union to reverse the ban placed on Nigeria’s agricultural produce exports…
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Agribusiness
NIGERIA@58: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMMES
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has applauded the present administration’s stride at diversifying the monolithic economy of Nigeria with agriculture.…
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Agro Training
THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL FARMS
Agriculture is one of the earliest occupations of mankind. The Holy Scriptures, at Genesis Chapter 1, Verses 26-30; and in…
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Maize Farming
HOW GIZ–GIAE GAP TRAINING IS REVAMPING MAIZE FARMING IN KADUNA
Nigeria is the largest maize producer in Africa. Annually, Nigeria produces about eight million tons of this food crop. Maize…
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