Crown Flour Mill Unveils Vitamin Premix Facility, Restates Commitment to Food Fortification
Top food product manufacturer, Crown Flour Mill Limited, a subsidiary of Olam Group, has committed to deliver Nigeria’s first state-of-the-art vitamin premix facility. The delivery is in line with the…
Nigerian Rice Processors Slash Price to N19,000 per Bag
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria, RIPAN, has agreed to slash the price of 50kg bag of processed rice to N19,000 effective December 14, 2020. The current market price…
BoI, AfDB, IFAD okay $2b for Nigeria’s Agric Project
The Bank of Industry (BoI), African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have okayed $2 billion loan to reduce poverty, end hunger and increase resilience to…
Farmers smiling to the Bank -Ortom asks Buhari not to reverse ban on Rice importation
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to reverse the ban on rice importation. Speaking in Makurdi, the state capital, on Monday, Ortom said the…
Food Prices Increase in October -says NBS
Prices of food items soared in October, a report by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated on Wednesday. According to its selected food price watch for the month under review,…
Crown Flour Mill Ltd reiterates commitment to food security on World Whole Grain Day
As the global community celebrates the World Whole Grain Day on November 19, Crown Flour Mill Ltd has reiterated its unrelenting commitment to national food security through consistent focus on…
Why Food Prices are Rising -NEC
THE National Economic Council (NEC) has cited the restrictive effect of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the recent #EndSARS protest and the violent activities that trailed as some of the…
BANKS OFFERS N2BN AGRIC LOAN AT 5% INTEREST
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has authorised commercial banks to give up to N2 billion maximum loan to youths interested in going into agriculture. The loan, which comes under…
FG TO FEED, DEWORM CHILDREN WITH N142.3 BILLION IN 2021 -Minister
The federal government has budgeted N142.3 billion to feed 9.86 million children, deworm seven million children and recount the pupils in 2021 under the Home-Grown School Feeding programme (NHGSFP).…
LAGOS GOVT TO ESTABLISH BUTCHERS’ ACADEMY
The Lagos State Government says it will establish a butchers’ academy in order to train new and existing butchers in global best practices on slaughtering in the red meat…