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Olabode The Ekiti State Government on Sunday said it intends to produce of over one million metrics tonnes of rice within the next couple of years. Mr Olabode Adetoyi, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, made this known in Ado Ekiti at a news conference ahead of the official launch of the ” Ekiti Rice Pyramid Project” and flag off of the 2021 Wet Season Rice Cultivation, scheduled for Tuesday. According to him, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, would perform the inauguration of the rice pyramid project while Gov. Kayode Fayemi, would be the chief host....

Naija247news is an investigative news platform that tracks news on Nigerian Economy, Business, Politics, Financial and Africa and Global Economy. Nigeria’s Unity Bank Plc has said it will provide additional funding to no fewer than 120,000 smallholder maize farmers in Nigeria in the 2021 wet season farming in Nigeria. Tomi Somefun, managing director/Chief Executive Officer, disclosed this while delivering a goodwill message at the unveiling of the first National Maize Pyramids and flag-off of wet season farming programmes held over the weekend in Katsina. As a major stakeholder in the ro...

6 min read Aderonke Eko-Aderinoye is the founder of Agrihub Nigeria. She is a trained agribusiness coach and cultivates orange-fleshed sweet potatoes but currently is into food processing. Ms Eko-Aderinoye owns her business in Ogun State. In this episode of our PT: Help us understand your journey in agriculture. Ms Eko: My journey into agriculture is a bit unusual especially for someone who was born and brought up in the heart of Lagos. I had my education from primary to university within Surulere and Yaba in Lagos, however, I would say my foray started in my teenage years, b...

• Our biggest challenge in Ondo is herdsmen, Akinbi declares • Oyo getting set to access Anchor Borrowers scheme, says Raji • We released N1.8b to 8,757 beneficiaries in Ogun, CBN insists • Ondo farmers, NIRSAL trade words over fraud allegation Six years after the Federal Government launched the Anchor Borrowers Programme through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to assist in food production, the report card from the Southwest has revealed that some state governments expected to guarantee loans were reluctant to do so because they feared they would have to bear the burden should farme...

A woman roasts maize cobs on the side of the road in Lawley informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko The Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), has urged the federal government to maintain the ban on the importation of the commodity into the country. According to them, the policy would further boost local capacity as well as incentivise farmers. The National President of the association, Dr. Bello Abubakar, made the call during the inauguration of the first National Maize Pyramids and flag off of the 2021 wet season farming in Kats...