1.0Nigeriahttps://www.africa-press.net/nigeriaalicohttps://www.africa-press.net/nigeria/author/alicorich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xmPQXuUc8J"><a href="https://www.africa-press.net/nigeria/all-news/financing-agriculture">Financing agriculture</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.africa-press.net/nigeria/all-news/financing-agriculture/embed#?secret=xmPQXuUc8J" width="600" height="338" title="“Financing agriculture” — Nigeria" data-secret="xmPQXuUc8J" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://static.africa-press.net/upload/sites/3/2019/03/Financing-agriculture.jpg450253At the annual bankers’ dinner last December, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele let out an update on the flagship agricultural credit initiative of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, the Anchor Borrowers Scheme (ABS) launched in 2015. Under the scheme, small holder farmers are supplied farm inputs in kind and cash (for farm labour), to boost production of the identified […]