Agribusiness
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Access to Loans: CBN to favour farmers using improved, disease-free cassava
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says only farmers who grow improved disease-free cassava stems will have access to the…
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Nigeria rice millers kick against planned reopening border by the FG
Stakeholders in the rice value chain have expressed worry over the reopening of the land border, adding that it will…
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Farmers kick as FG moves to reopen borders
Farmers in the country on Wednesday kicked against the move by the federal government to reopen land borders. The farmers…
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IITA to train 40,000 Nigerians on opportunities in the agri-food chain
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will train about 40,000 young Nigerian men and women within five years under…
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Pay levies or no harvest, bandits tell Zamfara farmers
Armed bandits in Zamfara have levied farmers and expect them to pay before they would be allowed to harvest their…
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CBN launches another programme to provide up to N2 billion loan to farmers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched guidelines for the regulation of the Private Sector-Led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme…
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Rising cost of tomatoes, onions worry Ebonyi traders
The foodstuff traders in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, have expressed worry over the significant increase in the prices of tomatoes…
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CBN unveils private sector-led Agriculture Development Scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled guidelines for the operation of the Private Sector-led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme…
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FAO launches food coalition to lift food access, sustainable agri-food systems
The need for concerted action to prevent the COVID-19 international health emergency from triggering a catastrophic world food crisis received…
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$2bn fertiliser plant to begin operation in December – Dangote Group
The Dangote Group says its two-billion-dollar granulated urea fertiliser plant located at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos will begin operation before the…
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