The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has introduced a new insurance product to cover the risks associated with post harvest losses of agricultural yields and market price risks for smallholder farmers. The product, named NIRSAL Comprehensive Index Insurance (NCII) and specifically developed to protect farmers against risks along the agricultural value […]
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has projected that export earnings from the agricultural sector will hit $4.4 billion by the end of the year. This is even as it puts its total disbursements, which is specifically provided to export crop farmers to help boost their productivity and improve Nigeria’s non-oil […]
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agriculture Lending, (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, has said that the initiative’s support through the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to smallholder farmers will increase their income by about N135 billion this year. Making the forecast at a PULA Insurance workshop […]