Nigeria loses $2bn yearly to cocoa value addition gap — FG
…production stuck at 300kg per hectare annually despite improved seedlings — CRINBy Cynthia Alo & Kafayat KokumoThe Federal Government has said that Nigeria loses about $2 billion annually in potential value from cocoa because the country’s processing capacity is largely underutilised.The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated this in Lagos on Wednesday […]
Don’t abandon cassava cultivation, ALFAN Chairman urges farmers
The Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (ALFAN) in Rivers, Mr Roland Brown, has advised farmers in the state not to abandon cultivation of cassava due to the current low price.
Farmer blames egg scarcity on Yuletide celebrations
A Lagos-based poultry farmer, Mr Efe Oduware, has attributed the current scarcity of eggs and attendant price hike in the country to the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Yam committee targets 5,760 tonnes export in 2019
The Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export say it is targeting the exportation of no fewer than 5,760 tonnes of yam to different countries in 2019.
Yam committee set to take possession of Ikorodu terminal, to facilitate export
Prof. Simon Irtwange, the Chairman, Technical Committee on the Yam Export Programme, said on Thursday that his committee was set to take possession of the Ikorodu terminal to facilitate yam exports in the first quarter of 2019.
Ondo govt commences sale of 165,000 bags of state owned rice
THE Ondo State government, Monday, announced the sale of its own rice product branded as Golden Sun Rice and L’ondo.
