Agro Business

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%

The African Development Bank’s Youth Agripreneur AgriPitch Competition and DealRoom connects expansion-ready, youth-led African businesses with global investors (debt, equity and/or grant).

A panel of some of Africa’s most promising small and medium-enterprise (SME) agripreneurs gathered online to call for more selective

The AFEX Commodities Index composite experienced no change in the week under review, as it closed at 249.47points. This is

Nigerian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono said the Federal Government will inject over N600 billion

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Environment in partnership with IITA, under the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project

Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has extended coverage of its Farmers’ Radio programme to cover the six-geo-political zones

The National Information Technology Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has adopted 130

In its move to digitize agricultural sector, the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of Federal Ministry of

A farmer cooperative society in Mali has experienced a significant increase in production of quality seeds, setting an example for

Yield improvement of important African food crops will get a boost with the launch of a new project to be

African swine Fever (ASF), which may cause up to 100 percent mortality in pigs, has become a major crisis for

Application Deadline: 23:59 CET (France) 11th January 2021.  Olam International, in partnership with Agropolis Foundation, is on the hunt for ground-breaking scientific