Fire has destroyed no fewer than nine hectares of cocoa farms in Cross River State. The incident happened two days ago in Edor and Ogbagante Akparabong communities in Ikom LGA of the state. Ikom produces has the largest cocoa plantations in Cross River State Confirming the incident, one of the affected 19 cocoa farmers, Mr Richard Ndoma of Akparabong community …

The Lagos State Government has tasked critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s agro-food industry to team up and collaboratively work to address the challenges confronting the sector. At a three-day Nigeria AgroFood/PlastPrintPack Exhibition and Conference, organised by Fairtrade, a German trade show specialist, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya said that, to scale up the agro-food sector, stakeholders must work …

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is contributing Euro 2.85 million to the Standards and Trade Development Facility over a period of four years (2022-2025). The fund is to facilitate safe and inclusive agricultural trade in developing and least-developed countries aimed at helping them to meet international food safety, animal, and plant health standards. The World Trade Organisation …

Following the positive impact of the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project on farmers’ productivity in the state, Lagos State Government has appealed to the World Bank for an extension of the project. The request was made by the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed that APPEALS project has empowered about 8,000 farmers, especially women …

The Federal Government has approved new incentives for investors in the agricultural sector to improve high-level private sector participation in the nation’s food production and processing industry, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has said. The incentives include tax and duty-free holidays for a period of five years for agricultural production and processing in Nigeria; tax-free …

Crown Flour Mill (CFM) Limited, the wheat milling subsidiary of Olam Agri, a global agribusiness in food, feed, fiber, has unveiled an impressive first-year report of its Seeds for the Future programme. The report was unveiled during the third edition of the agribusiness stakeholders’ consultative forum, the Olam Agri Greenland Webinar Series that held virtually on Friday. According to the …

Heifer International’s AYuTe Africa Challenge on Monday launched a national competition which offers young entrepreneurs in Nigeria the opportunity to pitch for investment in their agritech solutions to boost the incomes and productivity of Africa’s smallholder farmers. “This competition provides an opportunity for young innovators in Nigeria to secure the funding and visibility they need to scale up their agritech …

The Zambian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Chipoka Mulenga has sought the assistance of Dangote Group in the development of his country’s agricultural sector. Mulenga, who led a delegation from Zambia on tour of the 3.00 million metric tonnes Dangote fertiliser plant in Lagos at the weekend, called for a collaboration between Dangote Group and the Zambian government in …

Africa’s first cassava-based sorbitol factory, constructed by Psaltry International Limited (PIL) in partnership with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Unilever Nigeria, has been commissioned in Iseyin, Oyo State by the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, . At the commissioning, Makinde said: “This is another value addition to cassava, which Oyo State is known to produce in large quantity. We are …

Local industry analysts have urged the Federal Government to take swift and deliberate action to cushion the effects of the disruptions the global wheat market have on Nigeria’s wheat value chain. The analysts made the call in a recently published review of the global wheat market following the war between the two top wheat exporting countries – Russia and Ukraine. …