U.S. Announces Project to Improve Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the cocoa value chain in Nigeria. The U.S. consulate said in a statement...

TETFund: Revamping Agriculture Through Quality Education and Strategic Collaboration, by Rahma Oladosu   Before the discovery of crude oil and gas in commercial quantity, agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy. The sector was a resilient sustainer of the economy and the Nigerian people in...

Digital Technology Adoption Will Tranform Agriculture – DG NITDA   As part of its efforts and commitment to reinforce and foster the digital transformation of the agricultural sector to support food security in Africa, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE said...

Buhari: We’re Tackling Challenges Undermining Businesses, Investments President Muhammadu Buhari has urged entrepreneurs and investors to channel ideas and resources into areas of the economy that stimulate growth, with long-term effect on job creation and poverty reduction. The president, who stated this when he received Chairman...

Nigeria Losing N60b Yearly From Income Differential on Cocoa, Says CFAN ECONOMIC CONFIDENTIAL- President of the Cocoa Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Adeola Adegoke, has said the country is losing about N60 billion yearly as a result of refusal to collect Living Income Differential (LID)...

Digital Technology, Agriculture And The Increasing Population, by Inyene Ibanga   Agriculture is going through a revolution. As the world’s population estimates increase from seven billion to ten billion by 2050, the demand for food and agricultural produce will certainly continue to be on the ascendance. While...