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Food inflation: CBN hands over N100bn worth of fertilisers to ministry of agric

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given 2.15 million bags of fertilisers worth N100 billion to farmers through the ministry of agriculture and food security. Olayemi Cardoso, governor of

Nigeria spends $1.5bn on milk importation annually, says agric ministry

The federal ministry of agriculture and rural development (FMARD) has estimated that Nigeria spends $1.5 billion annually to import milk and other dairy products. Abdulkadir Mu’azu, FMARD permanent secretary, provided

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Smuggled chicken ‘could cause Ebola outbreak’

The federal ministry of agriculture and rural development has raised alarm about the smuggling of frozen chicken, warning that it could lead to a resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The

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Agric Ministry registers 2.5 million farmers in the north-east

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has revealed that it has registered 2.5 million farmers in North-East zone as part of measures to leverage the nation’s agricultural transformation agenda.

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