Agriculture

Ukraine To Establish Grain Hubs In Nigeria

The Ukrainian government has expressed its readiness to establish grain hubs in Nigeria and other African countries to boost bilateral ties. This was made known when Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solskyi, led a delegation to the  Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the Minister …

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Floods: Farmers To Get Aid

Farmers whose farmlands and crops were destroyed by the recent floods across parts of the country are to be compensated, the Federal Government has promised. The compensation will, however, be paid after the end of a comprehensive impact assessment of the floods by the National Food Security Council. The government …

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IFAD Confirms Nigeria As Engine Room Of African Agro-Industrialisation

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has identified Nigeria as the powerhouse for agro-industrilisation in Africa. Ms Katherine Meighan, the Associate Vice-President and General Counsel for IFAD, said this at the ongoing Strategic Partners and Investors Forum on the Launch of “the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) in Abuja. …

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Cancer: NAFDAC clamps down on traders using carbide to ripen fruits

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) are currently on surveillance across the country to arrest those allegedly using carbide to ripen fruits before selling. Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director-General of the agency who disclosed this at a sensitization campaign in Onitsha, Anambra State …

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