Agro Business

The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has achieved an impressive yield of 23 tonnes per hectare for yam production

Application Deadline:May 31, 2020 5:00 pm GMT. The GCHERA WORLD AGRICULTURE PRIZE is the international award of the Global Confederation

The Japanese Government has donated a rice mill worth over N26m$70,650) to the Edo State Government, as part of efforts

The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a $2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers in Nigeria with financial

The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new production record for maize in Nigeria. BIP exceeded the

The Financial Market Dealers Exchange and the AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited of Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to

The Nigerian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono stated that quality seed is a key input towards

The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched the National Fertilizer Quality Control Act 2019 as a vital component of the

The Nigerian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has lauded the effort of rice farmers in

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has urged the Federal Government to maximize efforts to prevent

The African Development Bank (AfDB.org), in collaboration with the government of Nigeria, has held a meeting with stakeholders to discuss

Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform is officially exploring the business of selling meat after it acquired a majority stake in

The interconnection of the different sectors of the Angolan fisheries value chain is contributing to the sustainable development of the

The Federal Government of Nigeria has received request from the Government of Guninea Bissau seeking assistance in rice production so

IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, in coalition with Unilever, Jacobs DE, Mondelez and Rabobank, has launched the IDH Farmfit Fund, world’s

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a three-year, $8 million Cooperative Agreement to Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea variety for

The land border closure with neighbouring countries has saved the poultry industry in Nigeria about N50 billion since its commencement

Wema Bank has committed N2 billion to fund agriculture, support farmers and agric-value chain. The investment reaffirms the bank’s commitment

The Global Organic Fertilizers Market is expected to grow with a significant rate during the forecast period 2018-2025, owing to

Microsoft, through its 4Afrika Initiative, has pledged support to the One Million Farmers Platform, a World Bank initiative aiming to improve

An alliance of West African nations seeking to help small farmers cope with climate change are helping them adopt agricultural

Application Deadline:18th December 2019 AgriLab is focused on enabling AgriTech Entrepreneurs to succeed. AgriLab aims to enable young Nigerians to

The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) (https://africaplantbreeders.com) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders from several African nations to

Farmshine, a Nairobi based agritech start-up has raised funding of USD 250,000 from US-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital’s gender lens