Agritech start-up Bazuze boosts local economy by encouraging people to invest in agro commodity trading
In Nigeria, being a farmer has often been synonymous with poverty for quite a while now. This is due to
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World Food Prize Foundation and World Hunger Fighters Foundation Launch Fellowship for Young African Agribusiness Innovators
The World Food Prize Foundation and the newly launched World Hunger Fighters Foundation are partnering to provide year-long fellowships for
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How technology is helping African farms to flourish By Emma Reynolds
A farmer’s fortunes bloom and wither with the seasons. It can be precarious work, and a bad year can leave
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Forum paves the way for Sustainable Fertilizer Financing in the West Africa region
Key stakeholders in West Africa’s fertilizer sector are calling for more action to support the industry, which is central to
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Wildlife Conservation Society fit Elephants with GPS collars to reinforce ongoing protection efforts in Nigeria
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced that it has fitted six elephants with GPS/satellite collars over the past two months
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AfDB, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership sign $5.4m agreements to support fertilizer value chains in Nigeria and Tanzania
The African Development Bank (AfDB.org) and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed two grant agreements to implement trade
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UNIDO and FAO launch initiative to accelerate Africa youth employment in agriculture
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African
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Bazuze trading platform connects Nigeria farmers to ready local and export markets
To talk about the importance of agriculture is not overemphasizing, especially with a population of over 200 million Nigerians to
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Forex On Food Imports: AU Asks FG To Invest Heavily In the Agricultural sector
ABUJA – The African Union, Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (AU ESOCC), Nigerian chapter has urged the Federal Government to
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Nigeria Rice Straight From Farm, Nutritious – FCT Residents
Some Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents say locally produced Nigeria rice are more nutritious and healthier than the imported one.
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Africa’s Emerging Agritech Market Valued At €5.3bn – Report
Africa’s emerging agritech market valued at N5.3bn is hugely untapped, according to a new report by the Technical Centre for
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IITA Youth Agripreneurs ENABLE-TAAT Youth Incubation Programme 2019 for young Nigerians
Application Deadline: Monday, 19th of August, 2019. Call for application from interested young people in Oyo, Abuja, Imo and Onne
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Central Bank of Nigeria Unveils University-based Poultry Revival Program
In fulfilment of its resolve to diversify the economy, create jobs and engender inclusive economic growth in the country, the
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Yolélé and Woodland Foods partner to distribute West African fonio products
Yolélé, an African food brand, and Woodland Foods, premier importer
and supplier of over 1,600 specialty dried ingredients, have announced a
long-term licensing partnership to distribute West African fonio
products under the Yolélé brand to foodservice operators and retailers.
The agreement, which includes single-ingredient fonio products and
seasoned fonio blends, will combine sustainable sourcing of fonio in
West African countries with strategic North American distribution,
giving consumers and food service operations unprecedented access to the
ancient West African grain.
FAO’s seed fair links farmers to certified quality seed in northeastern Nigeria
Gombi local government area lies two hours outside Yola, the capital of Adamawa, and a mere three-hour drive to Cameroon.
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Cocoa prices soar as Ghana and Cote D’IVoire threaten supply cut
Cocoa prices rose sharply on Wednesday after key producers Ivory Coast and Ghana threatened to stop selling their production to
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Nestlé and AGRA partner to Support 2,000 agriculture entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire
Nestlé Central and West Africa (CWA) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have launched a new
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Apply for the Agricultural Research and Innovation Fellowship 2019 for Africa
Application Deadline: June 30th 2019 The Agricultural Research and Innovation Fellowship for Africa (ARIFA) is the capacity development component of
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Econet and Yara Launches Generation Africa – Inspiring young Africans to become Agri-Food entrepreneurs
Pan-African telecommunications, media and technology group, Econet (www.Econetwireless.com), and global crop nutrition leader, Yara International ASA, today launch “Generation Africa”,
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Farmcrowdy partners with Best Foods Fresh Farms to grow reach
Farmcrowdy Group, owners of Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform Farmcrowdy and the newly launched Farmgate Africa, an online agro-commodity aggregator,
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Investors say African Development Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones will drive agricultural revolution
Senior Nigerian government officials and key investors have endorsed the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative,
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UK Foreign Office signs agriculture, job creation and tech deals with Ghana and Nigeria
The UK Foreign Office business delegation sign deals worth £82m in Nigeria and Ghana that will see up to 1600
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African Development Bank, partners support smallholder farmers with 17 new project grants
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT), hosted by the African Development Bank, has announced $ 3,390,000 funding for 17 new
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Atlas AI, Rockefeller Foundation and AGRA bet on tech to address food insecurity in 11 sub-Saharan African countries
Atlas AI, a Silicon Valley-based public benefit corporation founded in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Alliance for a
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Agriculture Fast Track Fund to launch 17 new projects in support of agribusiness Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana and seven other African countries
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) will launch 17 new grant projects funded by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) (https://bit.ly/2P94vrr)
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