Nigerian agritech startup, FoodLocker, emerged as one of five selected startups into Founders Factory Africa’s venture scale programme. FFA will empower these successful startups with funds, while ava…
Agritech: Cellulant Sets to Unlock Africa’s $50bn Agric Value Chain Potentials with Technology
Cellulant Corporation, a pan-African technology company, recently held its inaugural partners summit for players in the agribusiness value chain in Lagos, to connect, learn and share thoughts and idea…
Multinationals killing fishing business, fishermen raise alarm
Alhaji Fasasi Adekunle, President, Fishermen Association of Lagos State has said that activities of multinational companies on the high seas have led to water pollution and death of fishes. Adekunle t…
‘Real farmers find it difficult to access bank loans’
In the last four years, there have been increased activities around commercial banks lending to agriculture, the area they once considered unsafe. Banks have been rolling out huge figures in the secto…
Foodstuff Prices Crash to an All-Time-Low in Taraba State
Prices of farm produce have crashed in Taraba State as harvested farm produce flooded markets. Daily Trust’s market survey revealed that 100 kg bag of Melon seed dropped from N70,000 to N25,000, 100kg…
FCMB Introduces Revamped Agro-Commodity Trade Finance Facility to Boost Agriculture
Leading financial services provider, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has introduced an enhanced agro-commodity trade finance facility for agribusiness operators. The development marks another bold st…
Farmcrowdy introduces Crowdyvest for impact-driven projects
Nigeria’s first digital agriculture company, Farmcrowdy, has introduced Crowdyvest, an impact-driven platform that connects individuals to multiple sponsorship opportunities that are safe, trusted and…
Xtralarge Farms unveils first Agriculture Digital Currency – Xtratoken, and it’s Agritech City
Xtralarge Farms unveiled Nigeria’s first Agriculture Digital Currency known as the Xtratoken and its Xtralarge Agritech City. The Chief Executive Officer of Xtralarge Group, Seyi Davids, said at the u…
Report: Cocoa farmers and exporters earn N179bn in 2018
Nigeria’s cocoa farmers and exporters have earned about N179 billion from export of raw cocoa beans in 2018, according to data obtained by BusinessDay from the International Cocoa Association (ICCO). …
Lagos to host coconut summit for farmers to tap global market
The Lagos State Government has announced its plans to host the first ever International Coconut Summit in the country to aid farmers tap into the $4billion global coconut market. Olayiwole Onasanya, p…
FG to partner The Netherlands on seed development
A statement signed and released by the NAQS spokesperson, Dr Nwodo said that the agency did not demand or exact charges outside the approved fees under any circumstance, as it charges less than that a…
DIY – Wheelbarrow turned to a mobile sprinkler for irrigation
How innovate do you think this is for a DIY guide on your farm? This wheelbarrow was converted to a mobile sprinkler by taking off the barrow and rigging up the sprinkler as seen in the picture. This …
Yobe youths task governor-elect on Agric programme
Youths in Damaturu have urged Yobe governor-elect, Alhaji MaiMala Buni, to give priority to his proposed Farmer Anchor Borrowers programme to facilitate economic rehabilitation and empowerment of yout…
Kaduna: El’rufai commissions DFID-assisted milk, yoghurt processing plant
Kaduna State Government has commissioned a 500 litre per day capacity rural milk processing plant in Ladugga grazing reserve. The plant commissioned by Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Bala…
How to cultivate, export roses for sustainable income
In time past, ahead of the yearly St. Valentine’s Day celebration, an estimated one million roses were exported from Nigeria to other countries by February 10, with a total of $1m accruing to farmers …
CRIN holds 2019 Farmers’ Field Day
The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) held their farmers’ Field Day in Ibadan, Oyo state, with the theme, “Dissemination of CRIN Technologies through Multi-stakeholder Process”. Delivering hi…
Tweet of the day! OGI (Pap) is truly bae :)
Surfing the web today, we stumbled on this, and it really worth the read. Here are some health benefits of ogi in this beautiful thread by @DrOlufunmilayo. Enjoy reading; Ogi is corn pap It helps with…
Don’t relent, continue farming, Buhari urges Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians not to relent in their support for the Federal Government’s drive to move away from over-dependence on oil to agriculture. Buhari APC members in Diaspora…
Farmcrowdy opens the year with new prices for poultry farm units
Since inception, Farmcrowdy has empowered over 7,000 farmers across 10 states in Nigeria, has a record of over 20,000 farm sponsorships from all over the world, over 64,000 farm followers and has rear…
Turkey Farming Basics – A quick look into rearing the poultry birds
Turkey farming is commonly practiced in Nigeria at a subsistence level. Here is a quick look into turkey farming, by a renowned turkey farmer based in Masaka, Nasarawa State, Mrs. Jerry Ngwankwe. She …