Call for Application- IITA Set to Train 40,000 Young Nigerians in Agribusiness
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, have established The Young Africa Works project. The project is set to incorporate 40,000 Nigerian youth in agribusiness skill development and entrepreneurial opportunities over the next five years. This project was designed to enable youths access to dignified work opportunities all over
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AFAN Expresses Worry Over Rising Food Prices
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) on Monday 23rd November, 2020 called on the government to urgently assist farmers with quality seeds and other inputs. The National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim described the astronomical rise in food prices as scary and daunting. According to Ibrahim, it is next to impossible to import food
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Agric sector GDP contribution improves in Q3 2020-NBS
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said Nigeria’s Agricultural sector contributed 30.77 per cent to the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country in the third quarter of 2020(Q3 2020). The Bureau said this figure is higher than the sector’s contribution in the corresponding quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020 which stood
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