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Food security: Lagos targets annual N100bn liquidity for Imota Rice Mill

Food security: Lagos targets annual N100bn liquidity for Imota Rice Mill

.N30bn in first 6 months.signs agreement for sustainable finance.sets end of April for sale of Eko Rice By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has signed an agreement with the Lagos Commodities and Future Exchange (LCFE) and key capital market operators to provide sustainable finance to the commodities ecosystem through the generation of tradable financial […]

Plateau earmarks 4.26% of 2023 budget to agric subsector

Plateau earmarks 4.26% of 2023 budget to agric subsector

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Plateau State government has earmarked over N2bn representing 4.26% of the 2023 budget to the Agriculture and Rural Development sub-sector to ensure the Ministry carries out its programmes in the year. The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dan-Philip Hirkop disclosed this on Thursday in Jos during the 2023 […]

Over 12,000 women join NAWIA to boost national food production

Over 12,000 women join NAWIA to boost national food production

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The National President of Nigerian Association of Women In Agriculture, NAWIA, Mrs. Ngizan Chahul has disclosed that over 12,100 women have now enrolled into the association to boost food production in the country. She stated that the association is also implementing 12 different projects and programmes in different parts of the […]

Naira scarcity: Poultry farmers lose over N30bn eggs – Association

Naira scarcity: Poultry farmers lose over N30bn eggs – Association

The Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) said its members lost more than N30 billion worth of over 15 million crates of eggs to the lingering cash scarcity in the country. In a statement on Friday, Sunday Onallo-Akpa, national president of PFAN, lamented that the poultry industry was on the verge of total collapse and […]