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Ghana raises $1.1bn for new season cocoa purchases

Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, has raised 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in a syndicated financial facility for cocoa purchases in the 2022/2023 cocoa...

U.S. announces project to improve cocoa value chain in Nigeria

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the...

Kano Govt urges farmers to embrace new technologies to boost productivity

Kano State Government has urged farmers to embrace new innovations and technologies to boost crop production during the forth coming dry season activities. The Commissioner...

Yobe procures N2.9bn fertilisers in 4 years – Commissioner

The Yobe government on Saturday said it spent over N2.9 billion on the procurement of fertilisers from 2019 to date. Dr Mairo Amshi, Commissioner, the...

KSADP awards N6b irrigation devt, milk collection centres contracts

Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, announced on Friday, the award of contracts totaling N6,036,334,688. 66, for projects across several local government areas of...

Agriculture contributes 23% to GDP in 2022 – Minister

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr Mohammad Abubakar, on Thursday said the agriculture sector contributed 23 per cent to the nation’s...

Ice pellets destroy over 300 farms in Katsina

The Chairman of Kafur Local Government Area in Katsina State, Alhaji Garba Kanya, has confirmed that a heavy down pour accompanied by ice pellets...

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