Agriculture
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152Nigeria Receives 32 tons of Rice from Thailand as Hunger Bites Harder
Amid escalating hunger and food insecurity, Nigeria has received a 32-ton shipment of rice from Thailand, offering temporary relief as the nation...
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FX Demand for Food Products Rose to $633.6m in Q3 2024 –CBN
Nigerians’ reliance on imported food products surged in the third quarter of 2024, as foreign exchange (FX) demand for the sector climbed...
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217FG Empowers Niger Farmers to Boost Wheat Production
To boost domestic food production, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has embarked on a major initiative to empower farmers in...
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251FG Restate Commitment to Digitisation of Livestock Sector
The federal government has expressed its commitment to support innovative technology that would bring sustainable development in the livestock sector. The Senior...
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245Food Inflation Hits 40% Despite FG $3.3b Agric Loan
Despite securing multilateral loans amounting to $3.334bn (N5.178tn) and attracting over $4.3bn investments to boost food production, the cost of essential staple...
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Agric Sector Expands as Nigeria’s PMI Shrinks
The latest PMI report from the Central Bank of Nigeria indicates that the agricultural sector has continued to expand despite Nigeria’s Purchasing...
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184AfDB Facilitates $2.2b for Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in Nigeria
The African Development Bank Group has facilitated $2.2 billion in capital mobilisation for its transformative Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Nigeria Phase II...
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172Nigeria Will Become Leading Agricultural Export Nation By 2025 –Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has declared that the vision of his administration was to position Nigeria as a leading agricultural export nation by...
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189$100m Deals Sealed at Agric Summit –Operators
Deals worth over $100m were sealed at the just-concluded Agriculture Summit Africa held in Abuja to strengthen the agriculture value chain, operators...
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219Food Prices Rose in October –NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beans, eggs, bread, rice, and other food items witnessed significant price increases in...
