Agriculture
Reimagine Plateau: Shift From ‘Brown Agenda’ to ‘Green Agenda;’ Promoting And Supporting Transitions To Green Economy in Plateau State– Tearfund Nigeria.
Tearfund Nigeria and other project collaborating parties today launched the “Reimagine Plateau Project”– A plan for a shift from the “ Brown Agenda” to “Green Agenda.” It is aimed at promoting and supporting a transition to a green economy– an economy that aims at reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, and that which aims for …
Denmark To Support Plateau State in Reviving BARC Farms and JIB.
The Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria Jesper Kamp has expressed his country’s desire to work with Plateau State Government towards reviving the Jos International Breweries (JIB) and Brewery Agro and Research Company (BARC FARMS). The Danish envoy gave the indication when he received Governor Simon Lalong who paid him a visit at the Embassy in …
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Why Farmer First Tech Agro Limited Was Created.
According to “Grow Africa”, only 37.4% of small holder farmers have access to banking and financial services in sub-Saharan Africa and as at the end of 2019, there is a $26.4bn financing gap for sub-Saharan African small holder farmers. Due to Challenges along the value chain, African farmers have limited access to reliable markets that …
Agro Tech: Farmer 1st Launches Platform to Give Loans of between 5,000– 50,000 at a single digit interest rate.
In March 2018, Farmer1st was created with the primary focus of providing simple solutions to the contemporary challenges faced by millions of small scale farmers in Nigeria. Their micro-credit scheme – “Farmer MONEY” gives farmers and agro traders– majorly women, access to short term credit at single digit interest rates. Farmer First brings Financial Inclusion …