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Key issues to shape Nigeria’s agric sector in 2019
Nigeria’s agricultural performance in 2019 depends on the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing fundamental issues that have continued to impact farmers’ productivity and the…
Plantain processing creates opportunity for farmers, entrepreneurs, as gap widens to…
The failure of Nigerians to invest in plantain processing has created an estimated demand-supply gap of 99,800metric tons of the flour, this presents an opportunity for entrepreneurs to…
Resolute 4.0 seen as solution to Nigeria’s farmers-herders crisis
Resolute 4.0 technology has been seen as one of the solutions to Nigeria’s decades of prolonged violent conflicts between farmers and herders which have thwarted growth and development in…
IBM Research, Hello Tractor pilot digital wallet for farmers to drive mechanisation
Scientists from IBM Research and Hello Tractor – a start-up are piloting an agriculture digital wallet and decision-making tool that provides demand-supply visibility for farmers to easily…
SON urges sorghum farmers, processors to embrace innovation
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has enjoined Farmers and processors of sorghum in Kano State and its environs to embrace the constant innovations provided in the standardisation…
Failing dam threatens hundreds of rice farmers in Kwara
The Duku-Lade irrigation scheme that serves farmlands cultivated by an estimated 2,000 smallholder farmers, in and around Lade community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State is…
EU’s €45mn impact fund targets Africa, young people in special focus
The €45 million being committed by the European Union to the establishment of a new impact fund that will boost investments in small rural agribusinesses across emerging markets, may…
WTO trade ministers move to eliminate agriculture export subsidies
The FAO says it has welcomed an agreement by World Trade Organization (WTO) member states through the recently adopted "Nairobi Package" to move towards eliminating export subsidies…
Nigeria’s agric output drags in 2018 as flood, insecurity hurt growth
Nigeria’s agricultural output for 2018 declined, aided by the spate of insurgency in the war-torn North-Eastern states, farmers-herders crisis in the middle belt and floods that destroyed…
Wheat farmers bank on govt support for price stability, off-take
Having trudged through a year that saw prices decline by 10.3 percent to N130,000 per metric tonne and limited off-taking channel controlled by flour millers, Nigeria’s wheat farmers are…