AGRICULTURE

“Government released money for us to plant but we couldn’t get market for our produce.”

The World Bank also approved $25 million to revamp the animal health sector, an official said.

Mr. Adesina narrated the role Mr. Dangote played in his happiest day as a minister in Nigeria.

The inputs were distributed to over 458,498 farmers across 30 states.

On April 10, the Bank intervened by offering about $100 million to authorised dealers at the forex auction.

The innovation is inspired by Synergos, a nongovernmental organisation.

“We are optimistic that the key findings from our research will help farmers to tackle the problem of weeds in...

The loan is to support small and mid-scale farmers.

The new heads include an interim managing director and other executive directors.

Nigeria only imported 58,000 tons of rice from Thailand in 2015 as against 1.2 million tons in 2014.

The minister indicated that only north-eastern Nigeria faces such a threat.

The proposed Agric City will comprise a cluster of farms.

New and old farmers all described how the ABP programme has positively changed their lives.

The farmers want agricultural land accepted as collateral for loans by Nigerian banks.

"Some of our parents sold family lands to send us to school in the hope of after the result, you...