AUN, IITA Sign MoU To Build Agric Innovation Centre In Adamawa
The American University of Nigeria (AUN) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop an...
Category : Agribusiness
Food prices can only be lowered through reduction of farm products, says Sonko
A sharp increase in prices of basic commodities and food for the last few months has pushed up the cost of living. According to former Nairobi...
Sustainable farming key to achieving net zero emissions goal
The annual Economic Survey report published annually has always made for an exciting read on agricultural economics and the sector’s contribution to the economy. The...
Despite Buhari’s intervention, agriculture in Nigeria records 10.4% growth in four years
Despite the Federal Government’s huge interventions in the agricultural in the last few years, the sector has recorded the lowest growth rate under the present...
Relaunching Nigeria’s agric revolution with AfDB’s agro-industrial processing zones
Industrial and agricultural revolutions have always been at the centre of most agro-economic policies of the government with the objectives of diversifying the base of...
NCPB Launches An Agricultural Hub In Eldoret
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPD) Chairman, Mutea Iringo has launched an Agricultural Hub in Eldoret among the five others scheduled to be launched...
Liberia: As Climate Change Hits, Farmers Find Success in Lowland Farming
Few rural farmers will have borne more hardship than Augustine Moore. Beginning in the 1980s, he moved from Lofa to Bong counties and eventually here...
African and European agriculture needs protection
In the lead up to the sixth European Union – African Union Summit, small, rural farmers from umbrella organisations in Africa and Europe are calling...
‘More Youth Needed In Agriculture For Sustainability’
More Nigerian youths, especially teenagers, are needed as key players in the ongoing rice revolution drive of the federal government. The rice revolution has taken...
How our huge land resource can enrich Kenya’s 12m households
There are 143 million acres of land in Kenya. If this land was to be divided equally to each of Kenya’s 12.2 million households, each...