Pure Bio-Tech Company Limited has called on the Benue State Government to strengthen the business environment to encourage more private investment in agricultural processing and expand industrial activities in the state. The company’s Manager, Abdulkadir Mohammed, said the growing demand for cassava from its ethanol-processing plant had created a ready
The Cross River Government is targeting the distribution of 30 million coffee seedlings to farmers over the next five years as part of efforts to expand production and establish coffee as a major driver of the state’s agricultural economy. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Johnson Ebokpo, disclosed
The Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), Oyo State chapter, has urged the state government to ensure that approved agricultural budgets translate into tangible support for smallholder women farmers. Tinuke Akinbade, the state coordinator of SWOFON, made the appeal at a news conference in Ibadan on Wednesday. Akinbade said
The Federal Government has moved to overhaul Nigeria’s agricultural laws as part of efforts to bring the sector’s legal framework in line with current realities and create a stronger foundation for food production and agribusiness investment. The second phase of the review began with a stakeholders’ technical retreat, where government
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for stronger integration of plant breeding, seed delivery systems, agro-industrialisation and private-sector investment to accelerate Nigeria’s agricultural transformation and strengthen food security. The Bank’s Officer-in-Charge, Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development Complex, Dr Martin Fregene, made the call on Wednesday at the 4th
The Kwara State Government has commenced a statewide artificial insemination programme aimed at improving cattle breeds and increasing milk and dairy production across the state. The initiative is being implemented in collaboration with Genex URUS, a United States-based international animal breeding company. The Press Secretary, Ministry of Livestock Development, Ahmed
The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) project in Borno has called on livestock farmers to embrace modern production methods to increase productivity and strengthen the state’s livestock value chain. Makinta Ali, State Coordinator of L-PRES, made the appeal at the project’s fourth stakeholders’ engagement meeting held on Saturday in
Artificial insemination (AI) is increasingly being used as a livestock breeding tool to improve animal genetics, reproductive management and productivity. Although the technology is used mainly in cattle, it is also used, to a lesser extent, in sheep, goats and pigs. For Nigerian and other African livestock farmers, understanding how
The Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Michael Ononugbo, has attributed the difficulty faced by Nigerian farmers in accessing finance to weak agricultural infrastructure, inadequate research funding and other structural challenges within the sector. Ononugbo said expanding the volume of credit available to agriculture would not
The Nigeria Agribusiness Register (NAR) has partnered with Propcom+ and other capital providers to strengthen access to investment for agribusinesses, with a focus on driving food security and economic growth. The initiative was unveiled at the Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) Investment Deal Room in Abuja, where agribusinesses were connected with
