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Nirsal Unlocks N70bn In Financing For Agriculture In 2025, Strengthening Its Role In Supporting Food Security And Economic Growth

October 7, 2025 0

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) has announced a remarkable rebound in its operations, which has resulted in the facilitation of over ₦70 billion in commercial financing for agribusiness as at Q3 2025, its strongest annual performance since inception.

Livestock Value Chain Actors Set To Tap Into $2.5bn FDI With Capacity Development From NIRSAL

June 3, 2025 0

In a bold move to position Nigeria as a leading supplier of quality beef to domestic and global markets, NIRSAL Plc, with support from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, has launched a Feedlot Management Training Program aimed at preparing the country’s livestock value chain actors to tap into the $2.5 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) deal recently sealed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with global meatpacking giant, JBS.

NIRSAL, Others To Reduce N2.7 Trillion Farmers’ Post-Harvest Losses

September 13, 2018 0

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending and other major stakeholders in the agriculture sector are working on a framework that will tackle the bottlenecks in the national haulage system for agricultural products. The model, known as the Secured Agricultural Commodity Transport Corridor, is an innovative system for fixing the key challenges facing the transportation of agricultural produce …

NIRSAL disburses fresh N2.63 billion to 24,732 rice farmers

September 29, 2017 0

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending NIRSAL, an initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Thursday said it had successfully disbursed N2.63 billion to 24,732 rice farmers for the 2017 planting season. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, stated this while delivering a keynote address at the Nigeria Agribusiness Group Conference. He spoke on …

NIRSAL to facilitate new N60 billion loans for 2017

March 28, 2017 0

The Nigerian Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), plans to facilitate about N60 billion in fresh commercial bank lending to farmers in the current financial year. The agency also said it will execute the $300 million African Development Bank, AfDB’s Youth Enable Programme, and operationalising the $500 million Mechanisation Partnership with the Brazilian Government and a host …