Agro Business

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

The AFEX Commodities Index composite experienced a massive uptick to close at 246.46 points in the week under review. The index

A key goal for AFEX since we launched ComX in January has been introducing some innovative financial products/ instruments that

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), through its Youth in Agribusiness office, is partnering with the Mastercard Foundation in

To assist smallholder farmers in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are facing additional challenges resulting from COVID-19, Bayer, as

Nigeria’s central bank said it will support farmers with a 432 billion naira ($1.1 billion) loan in the 2020 wet

In Nigeria, crop production is an old tradition, many families in the country solely depends on it for the provision

GBfoods, a global player in culinary product manufacturing, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government

Invasion of desert locusts, civil conflicts in parts of the West African region, and the global outbreak of COVID-19 pause

Africa’s most populous country and largest economy faces rising food insecurity as a combination of a mostly informal agriculture sector