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Collaboration with IAR makes grape seeds available, says President

 

National President Grapes Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdullahi Dalhatu has said that his association is seeds sufficient with eight varieties available through the collaborative relationship with the Institute of Agriculture Research (IAR) Zaria.

Why research findings may not leave the shelves..NAERLs ED

 

The Executive Director (ED) National Agricutural Extension Research Liaison Service (NAERLS) Prof. Emmanuel Ikani has revealed funding delay as a major cause of improved technologies not getting to end users.

Grape farmers appeal govt support for sufficiency, says demand is very high.

The Grape farmers in Nigeria have through its National president, Alhaji Abdullah Dalhatu appealed for government financial support to enhance mass production of the produce towards meeting local and international demands.

Organic: We use Quarantine certification to export yam, says President

 The president of Yam Produce, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, Prof. Simon Itwange has said that the only certification that aided all the yams exported some few years back was the one given by the National Agricutural Quarantine Service ( NAQS) as there was no official standards yet for organic produce.

Grapes new leadership promises increase productivity

The newly and first ever executives leadership of Grapes Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (GRAPPMAN) have promised to improve upon the low productivity along the value chains of the produce saying this will enhance more economic earnings and employment generation in the country.

AFAN leadership: Appeal Court adjourns case till next year

 

The Appeal Court of Abuja has postponed ruling on All Farmers of Nigeria ( AFAN) leadership till March , 2025.

A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE NATIONAL COCOA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (NCMC),NIGERIA PREPAREDNESS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EUROPEAN UNION DEFEROSTATION REGULATION (EUDR)

 

As part of its pioneering efforts to put in place a National framework for EUDR preparedness and compliance, the National Cocoa Management Committee (NCMC) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on 19th April, 2024 conducted a hybrid technical roundtable discussion that brought together over 100 cocoa stakeholders and value chain actors drawn from the public, private and the development community.

Minister promises cocoa development with funds from African Bank

 

The Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) Sen. Abubakar Kyari has promised to harness funds opportunity from the African Development Bank ( AfDB) to develop cocoa value chains, just as the ministry is set to support the European Union preparedness assessment check in the country.

Crops GeneBank: Nigeria joins global members to submit 20,720 seeds samples

 

In an effort towards global food security through guaranteed backups for improved seeds, Nigeria and fourteen others Genebanks members have deposited a total of 20,720 crop seeds varieties in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault located in Norwegian Island of Spitsbergen.