Year: 2018
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Agro Financing
BOA DISBURSES N42BN TO RICE FARMERS IN 3 YEARS
Over N42bn has been disbursed to rice farmers across the country as loan facilities by the Bank of Agriculture (BOA)…
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Food Production
2 FLOOD TOLERANT RICE VARIETIES RELEASED
The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) and Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice) have, under the Bill Melinda Gates rice project, released…
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Cattle Farming
RANCHING: STAKEHOLDERS URGES CENTRE TO PROPAGATE USE OF NAPIER GRASS
Agricultural stakeholders have urged Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, Kano to propagate napier grass using tissue culture technology to…
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Poultry Farming
OLAM, CEVA SANTÉ ANIMALE PARTNER TO DEVELOP NIGERIA’S POULTRY INDUSTRY
Signing of MoU between Olam Hatcheries and CEVA during the France-Nigeria business forum in the presence of Mme.Delphine Geny-Stephann, French…
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Food Production
HOW TO ACCESS QUALITY RICE SEEDS AS PLANTING BEGINS
The wet season rice cultivation has begun. While some farmers in upland areas started two weeks ago, cultivation in the…
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Agribusiness
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE STARTING A POULTRY FARM
It’s not unusual for new farmers to start out with poultry because of the popular opinion that poultry farming is…
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Agro Mechanisation
FG GIVES REASONS FOR SCRAPPING JONATHAN’S GES
Recently, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh said the Federal Government was scrapping the Growth Enhancement…
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Agribusiness
APIEXPO: BEE FARMERS TARGET 300MT HONEY EXPORT TO EU MARKET
AS Nigeria prepare to host this year’s Apicultural Expo (ApiExpo), Bee farmers across the country is currently targeting to use…
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Agribusiness
NIHORT TRAINS 400 FARMERS
NIHORT TRAINS 400 FARMERS, SAYS HORTICULTURAL CROPS CAN GROW NIGERIA’S GD The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) has projected that…
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