coconut

The Lagos State Government and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a $200,000 Unilateral Trust Fund Agreement to grow the coconut value chain. The agreement was signed on Friday in Lagos by the…

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum, at a recent stakeholders meeting in Abuja, said despite huge potentials in the country “the local supply can only meet about 20 per cent of the demand, hence the…

The Nigeria Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) has advised oil and date palm farmers to avoid buying seedlings from people selling by the roadside. Mr Francis Onah, a research scientist at the institute, said…

The Lagos State Government has indicated interest in partnering with the private sector to boost the worth of the coconut value chain from the present N76 billion to N350 billion yearly. The state government said that 10 million coconut…

The Lagos State Government has donated 300 coconut seedlings to the Teaching and Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, for the establishment of a coconut plantation. The state…

The Jigawa State chapter of the National Coconut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association (NACOPPMAN) says Nigeria can attain sufficiency in Coconut by 2030. The coordinator of the association, Hajiya Sakina Muhammad, stated this…

The Minister of State Industry Trade & Investment, Marian Katagum, has advised coconut farmers to harness the global potential market for coconut in the country, which she said is in excess of $6 billion. Mrs Katagum said…

The Lagos State Government has handed over 300 coconut seedlings to the Teaching and Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife to establish a 1.5 hectare coconut plantation to bridge the damage gap…