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24 states to benefit from 3 million youths’, women’s agricultural programme- FG

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

Three million women and youths nationwide will benefit from an agro-business programme of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) scheme of the Federal Government, an official said on Tuesday. Dr. Chinyere Ikechukwu-Eneh, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and

Agriculture

AfDB approves $280m to support Nigerian youths in agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2017 0

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the $280 million approved by the bank would be used to encourage Nigerian youths to go into agro-business. Adesina, represented by Dr Chiji Ojukwu, a Director in AfDB, stated this on Tuesday in Ibadan at the African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) Forum […]

Agriculture

Agro-business: College trains, empowers 7,500 entrepreneurs

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2017 0

The Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA) has trained and empowered no fewer than 7,500 categories of entrepreneurs on profitable agro-business ventures from September 2008 till date. Dr Samson Odedina, the provost of the institution, disclosed these to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Akure. Odedina said that the college was able […]

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