Food Production Archives

CBN Spends N55 bn To Improve Local Food Production

February 15, 2018 0

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has disbursed N55 billion to more than 250,000 farmers within two years of implementation of the Anchor Borrowers Programme ( ABP ). The Acting-Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Isaac Okorafor confirmed the figure on Wednesday in Abuja during a media briefing on the implementation of the programme. The ABP was launched in …

Nigeria Promises More But Invests Less Into Food Production—Oxfam

October 12, 2017 0

Tayo Olanipekun Nigerian government investments in both agriculture and climate change adaptation are less in comparison to the promises made and the country must make small holder farmers the focus of its economic transformation to be able to overturn malnutrition and move toward food security, Oxfam has said. The international nongovernmental organisation also said public funding is usually skewed toward …