Determined to fight food insecurity in his constituency as well as empower the youths for self-sustenance, the member representing Isiala Ngwa North/South of Abia State in the National Assembly, Ginger Onwusibe, has enlisted the assistance of the Agribusiness Incubation Centre, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike for the realisation of that goal. The lawmaker disclosed…
Following a strategy to support investment in private sector development to promote the growth of the real sector, the African Development Bank, AfDB, has announced 75 million dollar loan Memorandum of Understanding agreement with Nigerias Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited which will enable the company to increase its fertilizer production and develop a port…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has been commended by the World Bank over his numerous developmental strides in the areas of water and agriculture, particularly livestock farming, stressing that the governor’s efforts at transforming the state would help in up-scaling its agricultural productivity. The commendation was made on Wednesday by the National Coordinator of…
The management of Fast Microfinance Bank Limited says it has so far disbursed N7,799,094,397 billion to customers, mainly farmers, traders and artisans in the last seven years in Edo State. It added that a total N841,912,694 million loan out of N7.8 billion disbursed was granted to farmers, traders and artisans in the same period in…
The Abia State Government has disclosed that it is poised to create the enabling environment to empower farmers to produce more food, process their farm produce, create jobs and value addition to realize more revenue for the AGRO produce in every locality. Speaking at the flag-off of Abia North Senatorial zone farming season in Bende…
To cushion the effect of hardship ravaging the country, the management of Fidelity Bank Plc has reached out to over 3,000 people. They gave the food items to vulnerable households and underprivileged families in Gusau, Zamfara State, noting that the gesture was part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. A statement released by the bank…
Alhaji Babatunde Ologburo, a philanthropist and business mogul has constituted phase one of youths empowerment for agriculture business and training for 50 youths. The beneficiaries will be selected across the 33 local government areas of Oyo State. Youths across the state would be trained on livestock farming with special focus on goatery management after which…
Despite an existing $2.7bn secured under President Bola Tinubu’s administration from the World Bank, the federal government is about to secure another loan to the tune of $500 million. The authorities say the new loan is to bolster rural access and agricultural marketing in the country. Recall that the international money lender had approved four…
The Director General of World Trade Organisation WTO, and former Nigerian minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called for the need to address the global setback limiting Nigeria’s export potential in the international market. Iweala said exported agricultural products are challenged with rejections in international markets due to non-compliance with international Standard Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) requirements….
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, FMA&FS Abubakar Kyari, has expressed concern over the delay in the delivery of 2,000 tractors to farmers in Nigeria. Kyari expressed his worries in Abuja on Wednesday while speaking with John Deere, the agricultural equipment manufacturer, over the slow pace in supplying the first batch of 500 tractors…
