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The GIZ-funded Cassava and Maize Value Chain Project has unveiled 60 cassava commercial seed entrepreneurs in Ogun and Oyo states, as part of its efforts to revamp the seeds system and create jobs in local communities. The project, which…

To boost food production through the deployment of new technologies, the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Seed Entrepreneurs…

To facilitate development of oil palm plantation, believed to have the potential to boost Nigeria’s economy through the value chain, affected farmers at Agbonbayemwen, via Ikoha, Ovia South West Local Government of Edo State, have been…

The Ooni of Ife, (Dr) Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has conferred a traditional title, the Aare Afurugbin-Ola of the Source, on the outgoing Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations through the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), has trained and graduated 30 frontline Veterinarians to improve their capacity for disease…

Professor of Food Science and Technology from Bowen University, Osun State, Iwo, Mrs Bolanle Otegbola, has declared that Nigeria is yet to maximise, or explore the industrial potential of yam as part of its comparative advantage among other…

THE Director General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha has said that there is ongoing genetic research to enable the Nigerian breed of cow to produce 10 litres of milk daily in 5 years’…

The World Bank has approved a $700 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project. According to the bank, the project would increase…

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has disclosed plans to team up with the Nigerian government to fight aflatoxins, which impedes food production, preservation and consumption in the country. The FAO…

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) board has offered Nigeria a $210 million facility to co-finance Phase 1 of the Nigeria Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone Program (SPAIZ). The initiative is expected to unlock Nigeria's…