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Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges to record high as UN delivers warning

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in...

Battling green skill shortage in the quest for a sustainable economy

Growth in demand for green skills is outpacing the increase in supply -...

Nigeria to get WHO-recommended new malaria vaccine by Mid-2024

The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention...

Google announces N75m equity-free fund for Nigerian SMBs

Google has announced the opening of applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund...
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GHAPP advocates  agricultural financing, mechanisation in Nigeria

The Greener Hope Large-scale Agriculture Mechanisation Programme (GHAPP) has called for more efforts towards access to finance in expanding mechanisation in the Agric sector...

FGN deploys 10,000 agro rangers to boost food security

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has deployed over 10,000 Agro Rangers across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as part of...

GHAPP advocates  agricultural financing, mechanisation in Nigeria

The Greener Hope Large-scale Agriculture Mechanisation Programme (GHAPP) has called for more efforts towards access to finance in expanding mechanisation in the Agric sector at the maiden edition of the FARMFATECH 2024 EXPO, a three-day event held at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The event gathered prominent stakeholders from the agricultural value-chain sector to discuss pressing issues in agricultural financing and the value chain across Nigeria and Africa. Speaking during the panel session on Agricultural Financing and Mechanisation during the EXPO themed “Agricultural Financing and its Value Chain in Nigeria...

Urbanization identified as change-driver in agrifood systems – Report

... Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 with Africa being worse hit The report, "The State of...

11 Strategies Nigeria’s new government sets to solve food insecurity

Low agricultural productivity over the years has already been identified as the major threat to food security in Nigeria. This has also continued to...

IITA Youth in Agribusiness Advocates Drive Agro-Industry via Increased Investment

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s (IITA) Youths in Agribusiness group is advocating that the federal government should drive increased investment in the nation’s...

SWOFON seeks improved productivity through government intervention

The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), Kwara State chapter, has called for the government’s support to improve the productivity of its members. The...

Foundation trains 64 farmers on improved milk production 

The Milk Value Chain Foundation has trained 64 dairy farmers from 15 clusters across Kaduna state on sustainable optimization of the production of quality...