Farmers Lament 70 Hectares Of Rice Farm Loss Due To Flood   A group of five farmers’ cooperative societies in Umuuzu, Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra, has lamented the loss of about 70 hectares of rice farms to flood disaster. Mr Christopher Okwuosa, the Chairman of...

Farmers Receive N615bn Disbursement From CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that as at August 20 2018, the total amount released under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) to participating banks for disbursement since the inception of the scheme is N615.43 billion. The...

Traders, Farmers To Hold Politicians Accountable The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has called for accountability from in-coming governments, insisting that they must keep their promises. President of the association, Mr Ken Ukaoha, made the call at the public presentation of “Framers Manifesto and Traders...

Nigerian Farmers Eye $100bn Market In Dubai An agro export conference tagged Meet the Farmers Conference Nigeria holds next week in Lagos, where small and large-scale farmers are expected to discuss how they can tap into the $100bn market in Dubai. The organisers, Crenov8 Consulting, a...

FG Seeks Farmers’ Support In The Bid To Reduce Local Rice Price The Federal Government on Thursday called for the support of farmers to make the price of local rice more affordable for Nigerians. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said this...

NIRSAL, Others To Reduce N2.7tn Farmers’ Post-Harvest Losses NIRSAL The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending and other major stakeholders in the agriculture sector are working on a framework that will tackle the bottlenecks in the national haulage system for agricultural products. The model, known...