Agriculture

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  BoI provides N100bn for cotton production

  The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Sunday said that the cotton...

  • Posted January 6, 2015
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  Nigeria may miss cocoa output target as disease takes toll

  Nigeria may miss its cocoa output target of 500,000 metric tons in the 2014-15...

  • Posted January 1, 2015
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  N40bn lost yearly as smugglers, phoney investors hijack backward integration policy on rice

  Nigeria may be losing not less than N40 billion annually in the rice segment...

  • Posted December 30, 2014
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  Food prices rise in Lagos markets

  As Nigerians join others across the universe to celebrate Christmas and the New Year,...

  • Posted December 26, 2014
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  Dangote to invest $9bn in agriculture in Kebbi

  Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has expressed the desire to invest about $9...

  • Posted December 22, 2014
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  Nigeria attracts $4bn agric investments in two years — Minister

  The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that President...

  • Posted December 21, 2014
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  CBN, banks pledge increased funding to Agric Sector

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and deposit money banks in Nigeria, under the...

  • Posted December 17, 2014
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  Emefiele visits Wilmar plantation, restates partnership with NYSC

  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, visited the...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Niger Delta stakeholders shift focus from oil to agriculture

  Stakeholders from nine states in the Niger Delta have deliberated on the need to...

  • Posted December 13, 2014
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  Revive cocoa industry – US advises FG

  Amid the dwindling oil revenue caused by global fall in prices of crude oil,...

  • Posted December 11, 2014
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