Agro Business

Good times are ahead for farmers in the South-East geopolitical zone as Dangote Fertilizer has promised to train them on

The  United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has tapped a consortium led by Cargill and including Ausvet, Heifer International, and the

Dangote Fertilizer has promised to train them on better ways of farming to obtain bumper yields. This is as the

Nestlé, IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, and TechnoServe have announced the launch of the Developing Inclusive Grain Value Chains project.

The Mastercard Foundation has partnered with Nourishing Africa and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) to train 2,0000 young agripreneurs and

The authorities of Benin Republic, Tuesday, dispatched a delegation to hunt President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention for Nigeria to assist the

Application Deadline: Ongoing The Agri-Business/Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Scheme is an initiative to support the Federal Government’s efforts and policy measures

The multifaceted Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) project registered another success story, this time, in Nigeria’s poultry sector. A

Application Deadline: 6 June, 2021 FATE Foundation in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation is pleased to announce the call for applications for the virtual

IFAD has provided a first grant of $900,000 through its Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF) to support the worst affected

Application Deadline:15th March 2021 Olam International Limited, one of the world’s leading food and agri-businesses, has extended the application deadline for

Achieving food security also involves addressing nutrient deficiency. Using the space around a house, families can often raise a homestead

Globally, the number of outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as sheep and goat plague, fell by

10,000 women in Nigeria will be selected as direct beneficiaries of a two-year agricultural intervention, as Value Seeds launches their

Farmers in Nigeria, the first country where Fall Armyworm (FAW) was detected in Africa in 2016, will soon get access

A free tool that will help farmers and pastoralists across Africa to predict and control locust behaviour has been launched. Kuzi—the

The World Bank approved a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to help African countries strengthen the resilience of

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the IKEA Foundation have announced

In May this year, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to start the Young

French development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), signed a €300 million loan to UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development

German Development Minister Gerd Müller has announced the launch of Agri-Finance Liquidity Facility (“ALF”) , a new initiative of the

There are just hours to go until the 23 October deadline to enter the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) AgriPitch Competition.

In the International Commodity Market, Maize and Soybeans prices increased marginally in September; by 4.1% and 7.3% M-o-M respectively. Paddy rice

The AFEX Commodities Index composite retained its performance as that of the previous week, closing at 271.02 points since there

ACI monthly prompt: CBN’s Policy Response on Maize caused by Lean Season. The open market prices surged for maize (14.72%