Tag: Nigerian agriculture

Xola Collective: CBN has changed the narrative in Nigeria’s agricultural landscape

Aminu Imam

A non-profit, non-partisan think tank organisation, Xola Collective, has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its intervention programmes. The group, in a statement issued over the weekend, added that policies and interventions have consistently contributed to the country’s agricultural landscape, thereby changing its narrative. The think-tank group listed the first-ever rain-fed wheat programme, Anchor Borrowers’ programme, Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), as some of the apex bank’s policies. Recall that earlier in 2021, the CBN flagged-off the first-ever rain-fed wheat programme in the country, seeking to slash the…

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Killings: Nigeria may face severe food crisis as farmers ‘abandon’ harvest

Aminu Imam

Agricultural instability has been threatened by the tragic murder of over 43 farmers in Borno State by suspected members of Boko Haram, farmers from the state said on Sunday. The president of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, (AFAN), Kabiru Ibrahim, told newsmen on Sunday that some farmers had abandoned their harvests for fear of attacks. The association disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Abuja, as a reaction to the death of 43 rice farmers who were killed on Saturday while harvesting their crops at Garin-Kwashebe rice…

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