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Nigerian govt, IFAD to implement N46bn agricultural project in the N/Delta

Agro NewsJanuary 17, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 17, 20200

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the is implementing the N46.83 billion Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE-ND) across the nine Niger...

Environment/Climate

GM crops approval were based on scientific facts to benefit Nigerians- NBMA DG

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

The Director General of National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has said that the environmental release permits the agency granted the Bt...

Agriculture

Govt needs to sustain policies to encourage rice farmers, millers- RIMAN

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

The Chairman of Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN), Peter Dama has said that the current policies in the rice value chain needs to be...

AgriBusiness

Ministry wants Nigeria to tap into global $100bn organic agriculture potential

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), says it wants food grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals spread across the north...

Bio-Tech Cover

What Nigeria will benefit from GM cowpea

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

The Varietal Release Committee on 12 December this year, approved the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) cowpea (beans), also know as Pod Borer Resistant...

Agriculture Cover

Agric stakeholder seeks decentralization of power generation, distribution

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

The Chairman, Harvest Feeds Agro Processing, Goke Adeyemi, has called on the government to decentralize power generation and distribution such that individuals and state governments...

AgriBusiness

Processor wants large scale farmers captured in ABP for industrialization

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

A stakeholder in the agricultural sector has called on the government to capture large scale farmers more in the Anchor Borrowers Program (ABP) so that...

Agriculture

IITA Board lauds Dr Sanginga-led growth initiatives on African agriculture

Agro NewsJanuary 16, 2020

by Agro NewsJanuary 16, 20200

For the eighth time, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has given a vote of confidence and commendation...

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