Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a…
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Agriculture
Rice mills in northern Nigeria shutdown as economic woes bite, a bag now sells for N130,000
Several Rice mills in the Northern Nigeria have shut down operation as a result of increase in production cost as well as…
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Agriculture
World Bank Group announces strategic pivot in agribusiness, doubles financial commitment
The World Bank Group announced a strategic pivot in its approach to agribusiness with a goal to create a comprehensive ecosystem for…
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ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, has said that Nigeria’s post-harvest losses rose to N3.5 trillion annually and has threatened Nigeria food security. This is…
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Agriculture
AfDB, partners agree to fast-track implementation of Special Agro Industrial Processing Zones program
The African Development Bank Group has reached an agreement with participating Nigerian state governments to speed up implementation of a program designed…
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Some Nigerians are complaining about the high cost of living occasioned by the recent hike in the pump price of petrol. They…
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African Development Bank, AfDB has said it is committed along with other funding development partners to ensure the Special Agro-Industrial Zones, SAPZ,…
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Federal Government, African Development Bank, AfDB, International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and Islamic Development Bank, and other stakeholders, have moved to…
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African Export-Import Bank Afreximbank, has approved a $20.8 million financing facility for Nigeria-based Starlink Global & Ideal Limited to enable the company…
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Agriculture
NSDC 2025 strategy seeks $5bn investment, legal reforms to boost Nigeria’s sugar industry
National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) is pushing for a $5 billion investment and significant legal reforms to revolutionise Nigeria’s sugar industry by…
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Ebonyi State Government, on Wednesday, sealed four mining companies over noncompliance to the rules and regulations governing Community Development Agreement in the…
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The Federal Government Development Partners, on Friday established a Wildlife Enforcement Task Force, WLETF, within the West Africa sub-region to combat trafficking. The…
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Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utsev, has called for accelerated disbursement of the $700 million to up-scale implementation and…
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Tomato farmers in Kano have raked in huge profits from harvest proceeds, and some have married more wives, bought houses, lands and…
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The Economic Commission for Africa says 65 per cent of Africa’s arable land is degraded, costing it $68 billion annually in lost…