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World Bank to back Nigeria’s agric programme with $500m grant

THE nation’s agricultural sector may soon secure a $500 million (N81 billion) grant from the World Bank, going by a disclosure from the Minister of Agriculture ... Full story

200 Women Receive Poultry Farming Training in Kano

A total of 200 women, who received training on poultry farming, were graduated from the Kano State Institute of Poultry, Tukui in Makoda Local Government Area of ... Full story

FAO: Global Hunger to Decline in 2012

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said falling food prices due to good harvests and increases in stocks should mean a reduction in the number of hungry in the world in 2012. ... Full story

World Bank Boosts Nigerian Agriculture with $300m

The World Bank has disclosed plans to boost the Federal Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) with the sum of $300 million. ... Full story

Proposed fuel subsidy removal worries farmers’ group

THE Association of Small Scale Agro-Producers in Nigeria (ASSAPIN) has said that the Federal Government’s ... Full story

Market for cotton

THE National Cotton Association of Nigeria, North East Zone, has urged the federal and state governments to purchase cotton from farmers and merchants ... Full story

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