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Mohammed Shosanya The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (www.AfDB.org) has said the decision by Nigeria’s government to allow massive food importation risks destroying the country’s agriculture. This

Mohammed Shosanya Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA),an international NGO,has introduced rice farmers in Nasarawa State to cost- effective harvest technologies to reduce post-harvest losses. Dr.Godwin Atser, Country Director of SAA, stated this at

Mohammed Shosanya Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State,says his administration will soon establish a state-of-the-art cassava farm spanning 100,000 hectares within the state. The governor signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Mohammed Shosanya The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG),says the current food crisis in Nigeria requires immediate humanitarian, social protection, and food systems responses to address. The NESG has recently issued a policy

Mohammed Shosanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says its fertilisers donation to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security,last week,does not represent a resumption direct interventions in the real sectors

Mohammed Shosanya Mr. Olayemi Cardoso,Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),has given 2.15million bags of fertilizer worth over N100billion to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security(FMAFS) for distribution to

Mohammed Shosanya The Oyo state government has said it will commence disbursement of N 340. 270 million to eligible crop farmers across the seven zones of the state as from Friday, February

Mohammed Shosanya The Federal Government,has approved the commercial release of transgenic insect resistant and drought tolerant maize varieties, known as TELA maize. The approval was granted by the National Committee on Naming,

Mohammed Shosanya The Chairman, Oyo State Agricultural Credit Corporation of Oyo State, (ACCOS), Sheik Taofik Akeugbagold, has listed the criteria being used to disburse the One Billion Naira loan

Mohammed Shosanya The Oyo State Government has provided N1billion loan facility to the Oyo State Agricultural Credit corporation for farmers across the state. The single digit interest loan facility would ensure more