Advertorial
ADVERTORIAL: Mechanization as a path to increased agricultural productivity in Nigeria
“There are less than 30,000 tractors in Nigeria and we should at least as at today have a million… Increased mechanization is even more important now that we are trying to encourage the youth to embrace agriculture.” – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbe Agricultural mechanization has…
Read More »ADVERTORIAL: CBN: Making access to finance easier for Nigerian farmers
The two major hindrances when it comes to access to finance by farmers is lack of collateral and high interest rates” – Abdulkadir Ahmed Faragai, Central Bank of Nigeria Accessing agricultural finance or loans is one of the most daunting challenges Nigerian farmers are grappling with, most especially uneducated…
Read More »ADVERTORIAL: Agriculture as a means to economic diversification
“Nigeria’s early development was financed with agricultural wealth, including development of the oil sector. Agriculture has left a far better legacy of infrastructural facilities than the current oil-based economy.” – Dr Abbati Bako, International Political Resource Centre The reality of the hard-hitting consequences of Nigeria’s overdependence on oil –…
Read More »