Agriculture
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CBN releases N607bn agriculture credit for 587 projects
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released a total of N607.87bn credit to selected Deposit Money Banks to disburse for…
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NIRSAL facilitates fresh N14.5bn from banks to agric sector
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending on Monday said it had secured additional funding of N14.5bn from…
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Cocoa farmers beg govt to construct roads in rural areas
The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria has called on the federal and state governments in the country to make rural…
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Food Security: Nigeria has huge potential, enough to export — FAO
The National Consultant, Food and Agriculture Orgnanisation (FAO) of the UN, Dr. Emmanuel Odunze, says Nigeria has huge potential in…
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Inadequate mechanised tools stall donor-assisted agric projects – FG
The Federal Government has lamented inadequate mechanised tools, which it said has continuously stalled the implementation of donor-assisted agricultural projects across…
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Germany Invests €2m In Nigeria’s Rice Production
The German Government, with support from the Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation, has provided two million Euros for implementation of…
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FrieslandCampina WAMCO Fetes 1,000 Dairy Farmers.
FrieslandCampina WAMCO, said it has treated over 1000 dairy farmers to a surprise Peak Breakfast as part of activities to…
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FG orders N3b rice seedlings from Cross River
The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3…
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CBN engages 100,000 cotton farmers for textile sector resuscitation
The Central Bank of Nigeria is partnering the National Cotton Association of Nigeria to engage 100,000 Cotton farmers to cultivate…
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Sterling Bank Plc says it has committed 10 per cent of its total loan portfolio to the finance of agriculture in recognition of the significant contribution that the sector is capable of making to the growth of the Nigerian economy. In a statement from the bank, the Group Head, Agriculture Finance and Solid Minerals, Sterling Bank, Mrs Bukola Awosanya, who disclosed this at a recent summit on commodity value-chain investment and agribusiness support initiative, through public and private partnership in Abuja, said the bank’s commitment was a deliberate effort to support farmers.
Sterling Bank Plc says it has committed 10 per cent of its total loan portfolio to the finance of agriculture…
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