Tomato is widely cultivated across Nigeria. Smallholder farmers planting on between 0.5 and 4 hectares of land account for 90% of production, with the balance contributed by […]
The Tomato Value Chain in Nigeria
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Ndidi Nwuneli At EAT Stockholm Food Forum
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FrieslandCampina WAMCO signs MoU with Nigeria Dairy Development Project (NDDP)
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC and Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory Limited (SCPAL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the Nigeria Dairy Development Programme […]
MAIZE: Enhancing the livelihoods of Nigerian farmers
Maize is the second most cultivated crop in Nigeria in terms of area harvested (5.8million Ha, second to Cassava’s 7.1 million Ha, FAOSTAT, 2014). Nigeria is the […]
REPOSITIONING: Turning Challenges To Opportunities
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support FG’s ‘LIFE’ programme for wealth creation
Audu Ogbeh,the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said the Bill and Melinda gates foundation has pledged to support federal government’s Labour Intensive and Life Enterprise,’LIFE’ which […]
AfDB Partners Sokoto State to Establish Agro-Industrial Parks
The African Development Bank, AfDB, will partner with the Sokoto State Government in its plans to establish an agro-industrial park for the North-West geo-political zone, its President, […]
World Food Situation
FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief provides an up-to-date perspective of the world cereal market. The monthly brief is supplemented by […]
Kebbi surpasses one million tonnes of rice
The importance of Agriculture to the economy cannot be quantified more especially in the present economic crunch where all other sources of revenue have dwindled. Besides, agriculture […]
BMGF, DFID fund projects to boost agriculture
In the drive to boost agriculture through root and tuber crops production, Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), […]