Tag Archives: money

Combating post-harvest losses

A third of the global food wastage happens during post-harvest according to international reports. According to figures by the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Nigeria loses about $9 billion yearly due to poor post-harvest management. More than 30 perce...
Read More

60,000 farmers to benefit from $200m APPEALS project fund

Sixty thousand farmers, drawn from six states will benefit from the $200m World Bank assisted project, under the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS). This was disclosed at the Project Facilitation Training for facilitators, which ended yeste...
Read More

FARMING, NOT JUST A CHOICE

Farming, not just a choice but a must Once in your life you’ll need a lawyer At some point you’ll need a Teacher As you start earning, you’ll need a banker Religion demands that you need a preacher But at least thrice a day, you’ll need a farmer Starting with your morning rou...
Read More

MAKE TODAY COUNT

Every day comes with its opportunity and incentive, every second, minute and hour in it has the potential of transforming our today and securing tomorrow. It’s a blank cheque and we determine what we fill, we are all products of our choices, so if a man expects something different from his makeup ...
Read More

AN INSIDE VIEW AT INDIA’S CASHEW INDUSTRY

The 100-year-old Indian cashew industry is in an interesting phase – much to look back on, facing a challenging situation and at the same time, much to look forward to. In the last three decades, there have been lot of changes in the cashew industry – in India and globally. Last decade of the 20...
Read More

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING

Based on research, two-parent families are fast becoming less common, marriage rates are falling and a majority of children under 17 still live at home. There has also been a dramatic increase in cohabitation, divorce, and non-marital childbearing in Africa, North America and Europe over the last fo...
Read More

Seyi Makinde Pledges To Prioritise Agriculture Development In Oyo

OYO State Governor, Oluseyi Makinde has pledged to give agricultural development priority attention during his tenure as the Governor of the state. He gave this assurance during the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on human resource development of rural farmers through innovative information t...
Read More

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT

Nigerians do not save enough; that’s what the data says. The World Bank pegged our national savings rate at 17% in 2017, below Angola (26%), our fellow petro-state, and the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (19%), a cluster of poor countries the World Bank targeted for debt relief. But the data can ...
Read More
Make Your Money Work for You_Suntwist.com.ng

MAXIMISING YOUR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Investment is one sure way of building wealth, but not all investments can build you wealth.  Investing only in opportunities that have potentials for high rates of return can build you wealth. Reasons why you should invest:       1. To grow your money – Investments help to grow money, ...
Read More
MAXIMISING YOUR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES_Suntwist-Nigeria

Agriculture is the future of Nigeria”.

In the 1960s, before it turned to oil, Nigeria was one of the most promising agricultural producers in the world. Between 1962 and 1968, export crops were the country’s main foreign exchange earner. The country was number one globally in palm oil exports, well ahead of Malaysia and Indonesia, and ...
Read More