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Johnvents Group, an agribusiness and manufacturing conglomerate, has partnered with British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, in a $40.5m investment aimed at boosting Nigeria’s cocoa industry.
Senegal;s agriculture minister announced on Friday the arrival soon of a new batch of animals aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on imported dairy products.
The law will help mitigate risks to food security, agricultural productivity and biodiversity.
The government has pledged to pay a total of US$146m, with US$20m allocated for disbursement this year.
The Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency has expressed its intention to mobilise investors for direct investment in agriculture and green energy in Nigeria’s northern Yobe State.
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that Nigeria will gain significantly from a $4.4bn investment aimed at expanding the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) across all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
The African Development Bank has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow progress of the first phase of Nigeria’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones project, raising concerns about the disbursement of the $210 million loan allocated for the initiative.
The Ambassador of Brazil to Ghana, Mrs. Mariana Madeira, has said that the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will convene a meeting of African ministers of agriculture in May to discuss agribusiness.
The first edition of the Moroccan Agro-Industrial Investment Forum in Côte d’Ivoire (FIAMCI) opened on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, on…
The President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr. AKabir Ibrahim, says that the National Agricultural Growth Scheme – Agro Pocket project of the Nigerian government is empowering 500,000 farmers starting in February 2025.