The Cross River Government, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Solidaridad, has initiated an ambitious Oil Palm Revolution.
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Palm oil stakeholders in Nigeria have solicited the technical support of Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries(CPOPC) to boost palm oil production and improve livelihood of smallholder farmers across the country.
“Foreign investors will pay peanuts to our people as plantation attendants while they declare billions as profit every year and our people will be struggling to feed.
The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has urged the Federal Government to evolve more aggressive national policies to boost oil palm production in the country.
Stakeholders in the oil palm sub sector say there is a need for a traceability system in the oil palm sub-sector to boost investment.
Nigeria loses N94 billion annually to palm oil importation says Prof. Kehinde Owolarafe of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental…
The President and Chief Executive Officer, Sunora Foods, Mr Charles Eghobamien says the company will commit about US$100 million as foreign direct investment in oil palm production and other crops in Edo.
Governor of Cross River Bassey Otu says his administration has secured a private sector investment of 15 million dollars for the Ayip Eku Oil Palm Estate in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in Edo, Stephen Idehenre says the state has attracted about $531.2 million from…