IFAD
20 Mar
The Federal government has assured the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that it has set aside funds to pay counterpart funds for implementing the FGN-IFAD support programme. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, while speaking at the sidelines of the ‘FGN-IFAD Cooperation Portfolio Review’ and Exhibition held in…
18 Mar
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has invested over $1.5 billion to support small holder rural farmers in Nigeria since 1978.
17 Mar
The Enugu State Government says its investment drive in the last nine months has begun to lift poor citizens out of poverty through government’s deliberate efforts and determination.
3 Dec
The agricultural sector can contribute massively to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if technology is fully deployed into the sector, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Inuwa Abdullahi has stated.
1 Dec
Beneficiaries of the Federal Government Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project, recently, showcased their farm produce at the Edo Alaghodaro food fair held in Benin.
23 Nov
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have partnered to help small farmers enhance food productivity in Nigeria.
14 Nov
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), said it has trained about about 80 stakeholders in the agricultural sector on digital monitoring of IFAD projects. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Ernest Umakhihe, while speaking at the Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) training…
25 Oct
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has expressed the difficulty it faces in persuading young and unemployed Nigerians to embrace farming as a viable career option.
16 Oct 2023
The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) is set to reintegrate agricultural revolution and promote all year-round production in Kano with through rehabilitation of distress Dams in the state. Besides, the agro-Industralization scheme is committing over US$131 million to accelerate private sector investment in value added agro processing, and creation of new irrigation channels to enable…
27 Sep 2023
As part of the efforts by the federal government to ameliorate the high cost of living in Nigeria, the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, have distributed farming inputs to 83 farmers’ groups in Nasarawa State.
18 Sep 2023
The Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mrs Dede Ekoue, said IFAD has supported 70,000 farmers in Benue state to boost agricultural productivity in order to tackle food security. Ekoue disclosed this on Monday when she led an IFAD delegation on a courtesy visit to Gov. Hyacinth Alia in Makurdi. The country director…
14 Sep 2023
...As governor seeks partnership for world-class rice mills in the state The international Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, a specialised international agency of the United Nations, UN, for eradicating poverty and hunger in developing countries, has commended the Dr. Peter Mbah administration for its commitment to fighting rural poverty in Enugu State. It also said…
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