The support of externally financed projects has been described as the needed drive to ensure that the Lagos State agricultural policies come to fruition. The Task Leader of the World Bank Assisted Agro-Processing, Productivity, Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) Project, Dr. Adetunji Continue Reading
Month: September 2019
Edo State Government has taken moves to strengthen partnerships to engender a sustainable oil palm sector and safeguard its forest belt. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Investment Promotion and Head of Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO), Mr. Kelvin Uwaibi, disclosed Continue Reading
Inadequate access to government intervention funds, excessive electricity billing and government’s preference for purchasing from contractors have been identified as major challenges facing indigenous food processing companies. The Chief Executive Officer, Spectra Industries Ltd, Mr. Duro Continue Reading
• Logistics, Infrastructure, Killing Business-Adesanya • Inadequate Capacity, Stifling Red Tape, Corruption Hampering Export – Fasheru • Gridlocks, Inefficiencies At Ports Major Obstacles – Sawyer Despite huge potentials in foreign markets for agro commodities, the industry is plagued by series Continue Reading
A new research outcome from the University of Oxford has linked the consumption of poultry, especially chicken, to an increased risk of prostate and blood cancer. Thousands of cancer cases were associated with chicken intake in the study. Although several other studies had liked red meat Continue Reading
The Lagos State government has emphasised the imperative of the private sector collaboration with the public sector to maximise opportunities in the agricultural value chains for job creation and poverty eradication. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, hinted this at Continue Reading
Ahead of the take-off of the School Feeding Programme in Lagos State, scheduled to start this month, members of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) have been sensitised on food safety and management. The programme, organised by Crown Flour Mills Limited, makers of Continue Reading
Lagos State Government has assured farmers; processors, youth and women that the World Bank assisted Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) will improve their livelihood. This was disclosed by the state commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Continue Reading
Ogun State Government said it is targeting to empower at least 40,000 farmers under the State Anchor Borrowers Program in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this during the flag-off of the programme, at the June 12 Cultural Continue Reading
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says African countries import nearly 50 billion dollars net of food annually. A statement by AfDB’s Communication and External Relations Department, said the bank’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human, and Social Development, Jennifer Blanke, said this at a Continue Reading