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Government, deans of agric to establish incubator centres in varsities
The Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria (ADAN) is partnering with the Federal ministry of Agriculture to establish incubation centers acros...
Agriculture
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Sesame Seeds: Small seeds that could be Nigeria’s black gold
The name, sesame seeds, might be strange to some Nigerians, but it is a flower plant that has a variety of relatives spread across Africa. It is the m...
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South African startup uses Artificial Intelligence to help farmers
South African startup, Aerobotics, recently announced that they successfully closed its Series A funding round with a raise of approximately $2 millio...
3,509 Kwara farmers to benefit from N1billion @CenBank Anchor Borrowers Programme
Some of the 3, 509 farmers in Kwara State have begun to benefit from the first phase of the N1billion 2018 Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) facilitat...
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Nigeria’s @CenBank plans incentives to boost credits to manufacturing, agric sectors
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to implement a special cash reserves requirement (CRR) regime that would encourage Deposit Money Banks to direct ...
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Nigeria to devise green bond issuance programme by end 2018
Nigeria’s debt office will devise a green bond programme before end of 2018, junior minister for environment said on Friday. Ibrahim Jibril said the c...
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AgroTech: As crops dry up, Malawi turns to solar irrigation
As climate change brings longer droughts, farmers in eastern Malawi’s already dry Lake Chilwa basin are seeing an ever-more-frequent disaster: maize w...
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Egypt to begin importing rice after slashing its own cultivation
Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and “control the market,” Prime Minister Sherif Ismail sai...
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‘Nigeria agric sector is responsive to incentives’ – Bismarck Rewane
Bismarck Rewane, chief executive officer, Financial Derivative Company has said that the Nigeria agricultural sector is responsive to incentives such ...
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Tanzanian Government lifts ban on sugar imports
In a move aimed at ending the sugar deficit in the country and stabilising the commodity’s price, the government has lifted the ban on its importation...