Ivory Coast to keep cocoa output in check under new price plan
Businessam StaffJuly 11, 2019
Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator said it will seek to maintain output of the beans at current levels even as the country and neighboring
Osun, IITA, private sector to collaborate on farming without hoes, cutlasses
Businessam StaffJuly 5, 2019
Osun State governmen is championing a collaborative programme with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and
FMARD, Biosafety Agency seal MoU on food security
Tola AkinmutimiJuly 4, 2019
By Tola Akinmutimi The federal ministry of agriculture and rural development and the National Biosafety Management Agency
Nigeria saving N1.2bn daily on rice importation through CBN’s initiatives – RIFAN
Tola AkinmutimiJuly 3, 2019
By Tola Akinmutimi The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Wednesday said that through the Central Bank of
Locked out of China, U.S. pork producers sniff out new buyers
Businessam StaffJuly 2, 2019
U.S. hog farmers lost hundreds of millions of dollars in export sales to China and Mexico after president Donald Trump launched his
EU steel industry says it faces existential crisis, urges tougher safeguards
Businessam StaffJune 27, 2019
Senior steel industry executives on Wednesday urged the European Commission to strengthen measures to protect against a surge in
Nasarawa, Edo, Ogun get lion share of N5.48bn agric loans
Businessam StaffJune 25, 2019
Nasarawa, Edo and Ogun states received the highest amount of loans for agriculture among the 36 states in the country and the Federal
Agriculture secretary says U.S. farmers are ‘casualties’ of trade war: CNN
Businessam StaffJune 25, 2019
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue acknowledged that American farmers are “casualties” of President Donald Trump’s trade war with
Heavy rains threaten Nigeria’s $764.7m cocoa output
Businessam StaffJune 21, 2019
Nigeria may lose $765 million of cocoa output due to the impact of heavy rainfall and poor sunshine across the nation’s cocoa-growing
Goldman says commodity returns to grow amid easing monetary policy
Businessam StaffJune 18, 2019
Returns on investing in commodities will be boosted as central banks ease monetary policy and governments take steps to offset the