Anambra state is now counting the gains associated with the resuscitation and expansion of a moribund rice mill, under the Public Private Partnership, PPP venture.

James Elekwachi is Economic Development Programme Manager at the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND. He tells Vanguard’s Egufe Yafugborhi, in this interview, that the development agency’s sustained commitment to lifting many from poverty into livelihood engagements, through improved farming skills and information, would have passed by if the goodwill organisation had caved in to profound tendencies for violence and disruptions it met on ground six years ago.

Private sector investment in Nigeria’s agricultural sector  is looking up with  a member of Diageo Plc, Guinness Nigeria PLC, heeding the call for private sector stakeholders to grow Nigeria’s agriculture as the company recently  launched  its laudable agricultural initiative “Grow with Nigeria”.

Katsina State chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN, has commenced disbursement of agricultural inputs to 15,811 rice farmers under the first batch of the Federal Government Anchor Borrowers Scheme for dry season period.

Kogi State Government yesterday said the state lost about N50 billion from the sale of cashew nuts in 2018 due to adulteration of the nuts by cashew dealers and lack of quality control.