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Winner Of Agro-Innovators For 2023 Agriculture Summit Africa Emerges November 8
The winner among the ten innovators who have emerged to pitch for grants at the highly anticipated Fifth edition of Sterling’s Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) will be announced on November 8.
This year’s summit will be an incubator-style…
Sterling Commits N1 billion to Agro-Innovators for ASA 2023
Agric Summit Africa (ASA), known for its significant contributions to the agriculture sector, will hold the fifth edition of its annual event themed "Empowering Innovations: A Confluence of Capital, Vision, and Agribusiness Enterprise," on…
Poultry Farmers Seek Govt Intervention To Prevent Industry Collapse
Following fuel subsidy removal, devaluation of the Naira, and the attendant negative impact on the poultry business, poultry farmers across the country, particularly in Lagos State, have sought the government's urgent intervention to…
Relief In Nigeria As Russia In Deal To Supply Grains To Six African Countries
Fear of wheat scarcity and food insecurity in Africa may have reduced following Russian President Vladimir Putin's near completion of a deal to secure free grains for six countries on the continent after the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal…
FG Plans To Crash Fertiliser Prices
Nigerian government is to distrubte among farmers the 33,000 tonnes of Potash from Uralchem Group in Russia and its United Nations partners.
The distribution of the fertiliser is expected to crash the price of the commodity by 50 per…
Nigeria, IITA To Partner On Food Security Programme
Nigeria will consider a partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to enhance agricultural practices that would produce enough food security in the country.
Shettima told the IITA delegation led by the…
Benue Gov Rallies VP Shettima To Revamp Agric, Food Production
Owing to years of frequent insurgent attacks that have discouraged farmers and relegated agriculture in Benue state, its Governor, Hyacinth Alia has rallied Vice-President Kashim Shettima to resuscitate the sector to return the state to its…
UK Supports Food Security In Nigeria With £67.9m
United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, will announce a £67.9 million new package to support and make Nigeria’s agriculture sector more climate resilient during his four-day African visit.
James Cleverly’s trip to Nigeria…
Rivalry With BUA Heightens As Dangote Consolidates Food Subsidiaries
Barely five years after BUA Group, Dangote’s fiercest rival consolidated its food businesses – rice, sugar, edible oils, and flour – into a new company known as BUA Foods, Dangote Group is on the verge of a similar business combination if…
Russia Strikes Ukraine Grain Ports After Pulling Out Of Export Deal
Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the…