Kano Agric Project To Spend $3.33m On 100,000 Farmers         Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, and the Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, KNARDA, have launched collaboration for the implementation of agricultural interventions worth 3.23 million US dollars. 2.23 million US dollars is coming from the...

Expect Crash In Food Prices, Farmers, Others Tell Nigerians       Farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector have projected that the high cost of food in most parts of the country will begin to drop in few months time. Farmers under the aegis of the All...

In Three Months, CBN Disburses N539.8m Loans To Farmers     The Central Bank of Nigeria disbursed N539.8m loans to farmers between January and March 2020. It disclosed this in its third quarter economic report on titled ‘Agricultural credit guarantee scheme’, obtained on Monday. Part of the report reads,...

Farmers, processors, Others To Get N432bn – CBN     The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said it plans to fund the value chains of nine agricultural commodities to the tune of N432bn in the 2020 wet planting season. It outlined the commodities to include rice, cotton,...

Farmers Lambast Ministry Over N13bn Pest Control Fund   Nigerian Farmers on Thursday lambasted the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for planning to spend N13bn on the control of pests in 12 northern states. Last week, the FMARD announced that the Federal Government had approved...

Farmers To Access 81,000mt Certified Seed Against Planting Season     Amidst the glooming effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria’s food production, the National Agricultural Seed Council, (NASC), has disclosed plans to ensure farmers accessed about 81,000 metric tonnes of certified seeds available through its accredited...