Nigeria fights to save N1.4trn agro exports
...Exporters say they are 80% ready…FG struggles with its role By Cynthia Alo Nigeria risks losing over $1 billion, about N1.4 trillion, in annual earnings from agro exports if it fails to meet the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation, EUDR, deadline of December 30, 2026. The EUDR requires that commodities entering the EU market, including cocoa, […]
FADAMA to engage 9000 farmers in Anambra
THE World Bank –assisted FADAMA 111 Additional Financing is to engage no fewer than 9000 farmers in Anambra State as part of efforts to ensure food sufficiency in the state.
Gov Dankwambo commissions rice plant in Gombe
In line with the Federal Government’s initiative of increasing locally produced rice, Gombe state governor, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has commissioned a rice plant today, in Gombe, the capital of Gombe state.
Elephant Group gets head start in rice processing
Elephant Group Plc has acquired over 30,000 rice paddy for processing, a development the company said was in line with the Federal Government’s economic diversification mission while also boosting the nation’s self-sufficiency in rice production.
Lessons from Israeli agriculture
In many African countries, over 80 per cent of their populations are involved in the farming, yet, they remain food insecure and poor. Why? My opinion is that the leaders lack the ideology of nation- building and the people are not cooperating effectively.
NSIA CEO: Fertiliser subsidy programme eliminated massive fraud
Uche Orji, chief executive officer of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, says massive fraud in the fertiliser subsidy programme has been eliminated since the introduction of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative, PFI.
