CBU Lecture: Audu Ogbeh to discuss adoption technology in agriculture
Businessam Staff
August 20, 2018
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has accepted to speak at the 19th annual lecture series of the Catholic Brothers United, CBU, scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the McGovern Hall, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland. The Minister will be speaking on the theme, “Technology & Agricultural […]
AFEX, Farmcrowdy, Africanfarmer.ng, Yefadot, Probity ruffle old feathers with virtual markets
Temitayo AyetotoAugust 13, 2018
Agric commodities trading Structured system of agricultural commodity trading in Nigeria is not entirely an alien concept as it appears today, with the scarcity of efficient models of exchanges. Different from the informal system or open market method, standard commodity exchanges provide the platform for organised, efficient and transparent trading of selected commodities. But this […]
Nigeria’s minister, Ogbeh, makes case for softer duties on agric machinery
Temitayo AyetotoJune 6, 2018
Nigeria needs to increase its attraction to foreign investment in the agricultural sector by softening import duties on farming machinery and implements considered to be high by many investors, Audu Ogbeh, the country’s minister of agriculture and rural development has said. He said he would present the matter before relevant authorities within the government, saying […]
AfDB trains 733 Nigerians on agro technology
Temitayo AyetotoMay 3, 2018
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has trained about 733 people in Nigeria on increased use of technology in agriculture. The AfDB disclosed this in its 2017 Annual Development Effectiveness Review on Thursday in Abuja, saying that the training was part of the Feed Africa project (2016 to 2025) under the high five priority […]
Technology, adequate finance, key to Nigeria’s agro-revolution
Goddey OdinMarch 6, 2018
Ayodeji Balogun, Africa director of Afex Commodities Exchange Limited, asserted that to have revolutionised agriculture sector in Nigeria, farmers must have easy access to finance and the application of technology. Balogun stated this at a one-day workshop themed “CodeCashCrop,” organised by Afex Commodities Exchange Limited in collaboration with Dalberg Global Development Advisors, AgroNigeria, Nigeria Incentive-Based […]