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Nigeria govt empower women, youths on value addition for tomato,Telfairia

Agro NewsFebruary 19, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 19, 20200

The Nigeria National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) has engaged youths and women in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on value addition for tomato and Telfairia...

China to establish 5 sorghum plantations in Nigeria

Agro NewsFebruary 19, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 19, 20200

China is expected to establish five Sorghum plantations in different parts of Nigeria as part of the agreement it had with the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine...

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Nigeria to begin exportation of ornamental fish

Agro NewsFebruary 18, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 18, 20200

The Director General of Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr Vincent Isegbe said the country was making efforts were to begin exportation of ornamental fish...

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Nigeria, AfDB commence establishment of SAPZs

Agro NewsFebruary 17, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 17, 20200

The Nigerian Government and the African Development Bank AfDB have kickstart the setting up of Special Agro- Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) as a major strategy...

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Nigeria Biosafety agency receives draft of gene editing guideline

Agro NewsFebruary 17, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 17, 20200

The committee for the drafting of the National guidelines for the regulation of gene editing, has presented the draft document to the Director General/Chief Executive...

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African Development Bank Rebuts World Bank President’s comments on Africa’s debt profile

Agro NewsFebruary 14, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 14, 20200

In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including the African Development Bank, have a...

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Nigeria targets agric investors through industrial processing zones

Agro NewsFebruary 13, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 13, 20200

The Nigerian Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri has stated that the ministry in collaboration with African Development Bank (ADB), would...

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Imported starch hurting local cassava processors in Nigeria

Agro NewsFebruary 12, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 12, 20200

A Nigerian investor and Chairman, Harvest Feeds Agro Processing, Goke Adeyemi, has said that the continued importation of corn starch into Nigeria, has been damaging...

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Strategic grain reserve will stimulate economic growth- Nigerian govt.

Agro NewsFebruary 11, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 11, 20200

The Permanent Secretary, or the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Abdulkadir Mua’zu has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to the development of...

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India may not meet its renewable energy target, says new CSE report

Agro NewsFebruary 11, 2020

by Agro NewsFebruary 11, 20200

India’s renewable energy (RE) sector seems to be losing steam, even as the total capacity has reached almost 86 GW by December 2019, says the...