by Anthonia Obokoh The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has announced plans to leverage £204 million in private sector investment to boost agriculture in Nigeria, targeting 3.79 million smallholder farmers. Mrs. Adiya Ode, Country Representative for Propcom+, a UK-funded programme, disclosed this on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Katsina. Ode explained that ...

From Okwe Obi, Abuja About four million Nigerians are to benefit from the United Kingdom funded project, Propcom+, through increased access to bio-fortified seeds, veterinary vaccination and strengthening of agribusinesses.  The programme, which commenced in 2023 under the sponsorship of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, (FCDO), has an initial funding of £95 million and hopes to ...

Agricultural experts have shifted attention to the conversion of agricultural waste to renewable electricity. The process is a scientific term is known as pyrochemy. It is a renewable energy technology developed and patented by a United Kingdom-based company, Pyrogenesys. The main drive of the Pyrochemy process is the transformation of “waste biomass” into a decentralised ...

Image: Adobe stock African Agriculture Holdings Inc., a supplier of sustainable animal feeds and agricultural products in Africa, has hired Michael Rhodes as chief executive officer. He succeeds Alan Kessler, who will remain chairman of the board and continue in his operations role as chief strategy officer. Rhodes has decades of operating experience in large-scale ...

The United Kingdom has reassured the Nigerian government of their commitment to the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector. During this year’s Feed Nigeria Summit, the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, said the UK is committed to leading the international market access opportunities for emerging markets across Africa. According to her, this will ...