Food and Beverage Sector: 3 million workers may lose jobs to FOREX crisis

Food and Beverage

In what may be termed a fallout of the current forex crisis rocking Nigeria’s economy,Organized  Labour, yesterday,expressed fear that the food, beverage and tobacco sector of the nation’s economy was on the verge of shutting down .

Nestle Inaugurates Coffee Research, Warehouse Facility in China

coffee

Nestle  has launched a coffee center in Yunnan, China, as part of a push to increase coffee production in the traditionally tea-drinking country.

'For Effective Economic Diversification, Government Needs to Glamourise Agric to Attract Youths'

Prince Adedapo Adelegan

Prince Adedapo Adelegan is the President of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and also the Chairman Celtron Group, comprising Benjamin Black and Co., PR Africa International Limited, Celtron Energy and Capital Limited. He is a serial entrepreneur with interests in media, real estate, oil and gas.

Standards Organization of Nigeria

Governor Sam Ortom of Benue State has expressed his state government's commitment to partner with the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), to ensure agriculture produces from the state are certified for export.

Akwa Ibom Govt Empowers 450 Youths in Cocoa Management

Mr. Udom Emmanuel

Akwa Ibom State Government has begun an empowerment scheme for 450 youths in cocoa maintenance, cultivation and sales to generate more revenue.

FG Restates Commitment To Encourage Youths In Agriculture

Chief Audu Ogbeh,

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his administration’s commitment to grow the agricultural sector by encouraging the youth to pick interest in agriculture.

Commission hopes new CAP grants will boost number of young farmers

A young farmer with his cows in a meadow

The new Common Agricultural Policy for the period 2014-2020 is expected to provide nearly 180,000 young farmers with an installation grant, an EU spokesman has told EurActiv.

Rice Production: Dangote Group adopts Brazilian Model

Dangote

President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has opted for the Brazilian model in rice production through the hiring of Brazilian expert, Vanguard reports.

Kebbi State Governor blasts Commercial banks on agric financing

Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu

 The Governor of Kebbi state, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has decried the attitude of the commercial banks towards financing of agricultural activities as ignorance to the reality of the sector on the part of the financial Institutions.

Dangote tomato company commences production in Kano

Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State

The newly-established Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State has begun a test run of its facility.According to reports,the factory has the capacity to process 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day at full capacity, an official has said.