Gilbert Ekugbe
The Women Leader, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and Director-General/ National Coordinator, LUGAVO, Hajia Halima Njobdi has urged farmers to take advantage of the federal government’s Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending and the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) to safeguard risks exposures of their farming businesses post COVID-19.
She added that with the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and worsening security challenges in Nigeria’s agric sector, Nigerian farmers have been advised to key into the insurance guarantee and subsidy regimes in agro-industrial value chains introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Osun govt distributes 100,000 cocoa seedlings, limes, agro-chemicals, other farm inputs to farmers
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Oyetola distributes 100,000 cocoa seedlings to farmers
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Bennett Oghifo
As humanity moves towards a more carbon neutral world, investors are looking at producing green interventions, including renewable energy sources that would help achieve the goal.
According to scientists, energy amassed from off-grid renewable resources will assist in raising the productivity of farmers, as well as that of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and significantly reduce the exorbitant cost of electricity required for agricultural processing.
This was disclosed by the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Off Grid Tech Solutions Ltd, Stephen Ogboko at the formal introduction of the firm at a virtual press briefing at the weekend, which harped on the theme ‘Analysing the Benefits of Technological Innovation’.