Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan

Business

Private Sector Must Invest In Local Rice Industry

Stakeholders in the rice industry have urged the private sector to heighten their interest in domestic rice production...

Business

Rural Banks Urged To Fund Cash-Crop Cultivation

Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture has urged the rural banks to release start-up...

Business

Loss of US$200,000 Foundation Seeds To Be Investigated

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is to conduct a probe into the circumstances that led to 60 tonnes of...

Business

Cabinet Approves Regulator For Oil Palm Sector

The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan has disclosed that cabinet has approved the...

Business

Oil Palm Dev’t Board In the Offing

An Oil Palm Development Board is to be is to be established to coordinate the activities of the palm oil industry. It...