The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has taken a significant step towards addressing youth unemployment in the region by donating $2,238,000 to ten agricultural research centres. This initiative is part of the Regional Strategy for Youth Employment in Agricultural Value Chains, aimed at equipping young people with the necessary skills to participate…
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sabi Abdullahi, and the Ogun State government have pledged to enhance the agro-business environment, address pest infestations and disease outbreaks, and import dependency in Nigeria. This commitment was reiterated at the launch of the N18.7 billion Springfield Agro Limited Crops Protection Chemical Plant. Representing Vice President Kashim Shettima at…
It was a gathering of experts in the agro processing and packaging sub-sector at a round table meeting organised by the Association of Women in Agro Processing and Packaging (AWAP) which held in Lagos. Themed: “Round table meeting towards greater 2025 in agro processing, branding and packaging,’’ they called for proper branding and wrapping of…
Cocoa producing countries like Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana will need to brace up. This is because that money spinning crop, which occupies a prime place on the list of growers of the GDP, is under threat. The threat is that cocoa may soon lose the appeal which made companies in Western nations compete to…
Guests at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, CRIN may not have envisaged that there would be a need for shopping at the venue within the premises of CRIN at Idi Ayunre, Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday. But many of them went away, after satisfying their curiosity, with bye products…
