The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has tasked the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on a more friendly policy and business environment that will attract foreign and domestic investment to...

The USDA plans to bring some of the country’s agricultural projects under private control and increase production.  Applications for Ndonga Linena, Uvhungu Vhungu, Orange River Irrigation Program and Uvhungu Vhungu Dairy Project...

By Abdulkareem Mojeed The grant is to be used to develop self-fertilising crops for African farmers The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced that a Cambridge University-led project to develop self-fertilising...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said the Feed Africa Summit held in Dakar, Senegal, has mobilised a $30 billion pledge ,over the next five years, from the bank and its development partners to boost Africa’s efforts to end...

The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Professor Garba Sharubutu, has been appointed member of the Board of Trustees  (BoT) of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation as the...

The federal government has lamented the shortfall of 4.4 million metric tons in the production of millet and the country’s inability to produce enough to meet the needs of its citizens.  This dissatisfaction was expressed by the...

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has established 100 hectares of integrated farm estates in Sokoto state to boost animal husbandry and crop production. The farm estate, among others, has a modern...