{
  "id": 19536839,
  "title": "Nigeria secures $3m investment in climate-smart agriculture at COP31",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/nigeria-secures-3m-investment-in-climate-smart-agriculture-at-cop31-19536839",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-11T19:12:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nigeria-secures-3m-investment-in-climate-smart-agriculture-at-cop31/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria has secured a $3 million investment in a climate-smart greenhouse farming project in Kano State, as part of efforts to attract private-sector investment, strengthen food security, and promote sustainable agricultural production. At the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the pilot greenhouse project, a collaboration between the Bank of Agriculture, the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones programme, and Turkish firm Direkci Group. The $3 million investment will bring together $1.5 million from the Bank of Agriculture for a structured financing mechanism for participating farmers, $1.5 million from Direkci Group in private-sector financing, and greenhouse technology, engineering, installation, and technical support. The project aims to modernize agricultural production and create wealth for Nigerians by prioritizing women and smallholder farmers.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}