Year: 2018
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Agro Local News
WRAPPING LEAVES: STAKEHOLDERS RAISE CONCERNS OVER SCARCITY, CONSERVATION
Farmers Are Abandoning Cultivation Due To Unprofitability – Adekoya There is growing concern in the agric sector over the gradual…
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Agro Local News
2018: KANO STATE AFAN CHAIRMAN ASSURES OF BUMPER HARVEST
Alhaji Faruk Rabi’u, the Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Kano state, has expressed optimism that the state…
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Agro Local News
NORTH WEST AND THE QUEST FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Some regional bodies met with representatives of some state governments in North West Nigeria on the need to develop agriculture.…
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Agribusiness
NIGERIA CAN NOW PRODUCE 24M METRIC TONNES OF RICE ANNUALLY – RIFAN
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says its members now have the capacity to produce 24 million metric tonnes…
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Agro Financing
FARMERS CALL FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING OF NEW C
Farmers across the country welcomed the nine per cent credit policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in agriculture,…
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Agribusiness
LEVENTIS FOUNDATION PROPOSES N2MN SEED MONEY FOR AGRIBUSINESS
Leventis Foundation Nigeria has proposed a N2million seed money for young Agribusiness entrepreneurs to pursue their agriculture businesses in the…
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Agribusiness
BEEKEEPING CAN EARN NIGERIA MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY —AGRIC OFFICIAL
Beekeeping if harnessed properly is capable of boosting Nigeria’s economy to the tune of multi-million dollars as profit annually. A…
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Agribusiness
USE OF CHEMICALS TO RIPEN FRUITS HARMFUL, AFAN WARNS FARMERS
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has condemned the act of forcibly ripening of fruits and other food items…
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Agribusiness
NIGERIA, OTHERS CAN ASSESS $120M GLOBAL SEED MONEY
NIGERIA, OTHERS CAN ASSESS $120M GLOBAL SEED MONEY FOR FISH, SOYA BEANS, SAYS TAAT The programme Coordinator, Technology for Africa…
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Agribusiness
DANGOTE GROUP CALLS FOR BAN ON IMPORTATION
Dansa Agro-allied Ltd, a subsidiary of Dangote group, has called on the Federal Government to eradicate the importation of tomato…
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