Agribusiness
FG releases N250bn fund to support farmers, cut food prices
The Federal Government has announced a N250 billion financing window for smallholder farmers across the country to enhance food production...
Agriculture
One Acre Fund to empower four million farmers by 2030
A nonprofit organisation focused on food sustainability, One Acre Fund, has announced plans to empower four million farmers across Nigeria...
Livestock
Maiha urges efficient livestock transport to boost meat, dairy value chains
The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has emphasised that efficient and humane livestock transportation is critical to transforming...
Livestock
Minister calls for innovative ideas to end Nigeria’s dairy importation
The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has urged all stakeholders in Nigeria’s dairy industry to develop innovative ideas...
Livestock
Ministry of Livestock, NADF partner on digital livestock system
The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has announced plans to partner with the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) to build...
Livestock
FG to establish dairy development and milk marketing board
The Federal Government has announced plans to establish a Dairy Development and Milk Marketing Board as part of the implementation...
Agribusiness
NSDC launches sugarcane outgrower programme
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has launched the Sugarcane Outgrower Development Programme (SODP), a major initiative aimed at boosting...
Agribusiness
World Bank’s $500m loan to accelerate Nigeria’s agricultural development
Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has announced that the $500 million loan facility from the World...
Agribusiness
FG plans to buy excess food from farmers, says ATASP-1
The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase-One (ATASP-1) has announced that the Federal Government is planning to mop up excess...
Agriculture
Gov Radda distributes 4000 irrigation pumps, farm inputs to Katsina farmers
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to grassroots agricultural transformation as he officially flagged...
Agriculture
IFAD-VCDP sets N5.17bn for 2026 Ebonyi agriculture programme
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has proposed a budget of N5.17 billion for...
Agribusiness
BOA, Heifer application for national agricultural mechanization program
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in partnership with Heifer International has opened applications for the National Agricultural Mechanization Program (NAMP)....
Agriculture
Abia LIFE-ND project to empower 3000 farmers
The Abia Project Coordinating Office of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises for the Niger Delta has announced plans to empower...
Agriculture
Jigawa releases N150m to support modern farming program
Jigawa State Government has released over N150 million as counterpart funding to the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) to promote modern...
Agribusiness
FG empowers retired agriculture officers on agribusiness
The Federal Government has trained and empowered its retired officers in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security on entrepreneurship...
Agribusiness
NDDC moves to establish agricultural hub in Niger Delta
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to promoting...
Livestock
18 states join federal plan to boost livestock, dairy production – Tinubu
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to revitalising the nation’s livestock sector through renewed investments in...
Agriculture
FG allocates N450M fertiliser to Jigawa farmers
The Federal Government has allocated fertiliser worth over ₦450 million for sale to farmers in Jigawa State at subsidised rates...
AgricultureEmpowerment
SAA, AGRA launch empowerment for 100,000 farmers in Kaduna, Niger
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has launched a three-year agricultural project aimed at supporting 100,000 small-scale farmers to boost the...
Agribusiness
FG targets $1tn economy, $74bn from livestock by 2035
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to achieving a $1 trillion economy by 2030, with the livestock sub-sector projected...
