The World Bank has enhanced Nigerias agricultural development during the last two years by issuing nearly US$858mn to the sector, agriculture minister, Akinwumi Adesina has stated
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IFC to invest US$6mn in Nigerian herbicide firm
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said it will make a US$6mn investment in Nigerian herbicides and insecticides distributor Saro AgroSciences Ltd
Ghanaian farmers to benefit from agricultural project
Female farmers in the northern region of Ghana are among 35,000 smallholder farmers who are being backed by an agricultural programme that will aim to increase their productivity and increase their incomes
Kenya's sugarcane farmers call on government to introduce sugar sector controls
Kenyan sugarcane farmers have asked their government to control the buying and distribution of sugar in the East African country in order to stem corruption within the sugar sector
Rice gene ‘could triple rice yields during drought’
A gene that gives rice plants deeper roots could triple yields during droughts, according to a new study by Japanese scientists