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 […]
Cocoa farmers to benefit $400 LID along counterparts in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire — FG
The Federal Government, Tuesday, disclosed that cocoa farmers will benefit from Living Income Differential (LID) of $400 per tonne along with counterparts in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria not on track to end hunger in 2025 —ActionAid, others
An international nonprofit organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, and other stakeholders, weekend, revealed that Nigeria is not on track to end hunger in 2025
Palm oil, key to economic prosperity in Niger Delta — Dikio
The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has urged youths in the Niger Delta to explore opportunities in palm oil business, describing it as the first economic mainstay of the region
Global Citizen tasks world leaders on pledge to raise $100bn, fund agritech in Africa
An international education and advocacy organisation, Global Citizen has said that economically advanced countries who pledged to raise $100 billion fund global agriculture have not fulfilled their promises.
AFAN kicks against agrofair for farmers in July
The nation’s apex body of farmers, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, kicked against purported agrofair to hold in July
