Agriculture

Nigeria Gets N139 Bn from World Bank to Boost Agriculture – Minister

Nigeria has received ₦139.5 billion from the World Bank in the last two years to boost agricultural development, Agriculture Minister, Akinwumi Adesina, said at the concluded All Nigerian Editors’ Conference in Asaba. He said, “Nearly N62 billion of the amount

Better Vegetable-Growing Opportunities for Nigerian Women

Growing and gathering vegetables is an extremely important livelihood activity for women in rural Nigeria, who make up a majority of the rural labour force. Vegetables are major foodstuffs for poor rural women and their families, as they often cannot

Blumberg Grain Executes LOI To Expand Its Agricultural Investments To Nigeria With $250 Million

In cooperation with the Government of Nigeria, Blumberg Grain has executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a $250 million investment program in the Nigerian agriculture sector. The investment includes a large scale production and distribution facility for Blumberg Grain’s

Attracting and Retaining Nigerian Youth in Agriculture

We cannot talk about attracting Nigerian youth into agriculture without first commending and appreciating our trailblazers and touch bearers, our old or aged farmers. Without them we will not have any agriculture in Nigeria. They have with them knowledge, experience

The Role of the Private Sector in Turning Nigeria’s Agricultural Potential into Profit

On Thursday 25 July 2013, Sotonye Anga was a guest presenter at the Agribusiness And Food Secirity Summit, organized by Businessday at Eko Hotel. In his presentation on ‘The Role of Private Sector in Turning Nigeria’s Agricultural Potential into Profit’,

New Technology Enables Crops to Take Nitrogen From the Air

A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world’s crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentally damaging fertilisers. Nitrogen fixation, the process by which nitrogen is

Sotonye Anga: Positioning Nigeria as a Global Powerhouse in Agriculture

Sotonye Anga is an agribusiness strategist and enterprise development expert with corporate experience spanning 2 decades in plantation development, export of agricultural commodities and trade consultancy across Africa, Asia and Europe. He is passionate about agriculture as a business, and

New Motor-Tricycle Video Technology For Farmers in Ghana

Two Ghanaian organizations have developed a technology to educate farmers under Ghana’s Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) component of the Agricultural Value Chain Mentorship Project (AVCMP). The innovation called motor-tricycle video technology comprises of a projector, generator, projector screen, microphones

7 Factors to consider when starting a Snail Farm

The act or science of raising snails for food is called Heliculture (Snail farming). Snails belong to the second largest group in the animal kingdom Phylum molusca, among the invertebrates i.e. animal without backbone. Snails are hermaphroditic (capable of self-fertilization)

Senator Bukola Saraki Speaks On Nigeria’s Climate Change Adaptation

Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki CON, (Kwara Central, Nigeria), Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment & Ecology and Founding President of GLOBE Nigeria presented a case study on Nigeria’s Climate Change Adaptation legislation at the International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, policy,

The 2013 BusinessDay Conference on AgriBusiness and Food Security

Agriculture is the economic mainstay of most households in Nigeria and is a significant sector in Nigeria’s economy. The important benefits of the agricultural sector to Nigeria’s economy, the government/public sector and the private sector, cannot be over-emphasized. Therefore as

FG, In 2013, Has Registered 10 Million Farmers, Agriculture Minister Says

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, has said that 10 million farmers had been registered in 2013 under the Growth Enhancement Support scheme (GES). He made the statement during a courtesy visit to the Governor of

Health Benefits of Fish

Fish is highly nutritious. Bursting with vitamins and minerals, and a chief source of omega-3 fatty acids, eating at least two servings of fish weekly can help to protect against an array of diseases, from cancer and heart disease, to

World Bank: What Climate Change Means for Africa, Asia and the Coastal Poor

As the coastal cities of Africa and Asia expand, many of their poorest residents are being pushed to the edges of livable land and into the most dangerous zones for climate change. Their informal settlements cling to riverbanks and cluster

Cocoa Corporation of Nigeria is Planned, Agriculture Minister Reveals

The Minister for Agricultrure and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has disclosed at the just concluded World Cocoa Foundation Meeting in Washington, that Nigeria would set up a company, Cocoa Corporation of Nigeria, to double the production of cocoa beans

Nigerian Government gives Youth another reason to Farm

  The Ministry of Agriculture and the Bank of Agriculture (BoA), have signed a N3.5 billion agreement to encourage mechanised farming and boost food production in the country. The Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adeshina and the Managing Director of BoA,

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