Mechanized agriculture Executive Director of the National Center for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) Ilorin, Dr. Yomi Kasali, conducted a survey of agricultural training, technological adaptation and knowledge sharing based on the specific needs of Nigeria's geopolitical zones to achieve better results and improve gross domestic product (GDP). Kasali, referring to the participants at the training course […]
Rice imports nosedived in the past two months and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicted total import would dip to 6 lakh tonnes in 2018-19 due to higher production in boro season and reinstatement of import tariff. The private and public sectors imported 38.92 lakh tonnes of rice in July-June of 2017-18, the highest […]
From Bol Ojola, Akure On the weekend of the Ondo Government, 450,000 cocoa seedlings and 25,000 cashews of Brasiliam were distributed to farmers in 18 local government districts of the state.Governor Rotimi Akeredol, who distributed the seedlings at the Federal Agricultural College, Akura, said that this is an economy through agriculture and agribusiness.The governor said […]
In an effort to address the problem of malnutrition in the country, HarvestPlus, a global biomedicine of nutrient crops, introduced about 200,000 tons of vitamin A corn to the Nigerian market. According to the International Children's Fund for Children of the United Nations (UNICEF), about 2.5 million Children under the age of five suffer from […]
Food grain production in the country in 2017-18 crop year will be a record 284.83 million tonnes as per the fourth advanced estimates issued by the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said rice output would be 112.91 million tonnes and that of wheat 99.70 million tonnes. “I am happy to […]
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) State Institution Lagos, Area Coordinator III, Ms. N.B. Ekwueme (l), Managing Director of Nosak Farm Produce Limited, Mr. Robert Ogiri; and Nosak Group's executive director, Mr. Osagi Ogunbor, during the presentation of the MANCAP product quality certificate for Nosak Farm Produce products in Lagos. Nosak Farm Produce Limited, a subsidiary […]
WHEAT. During August 16-22, CBOT wheat prices lost 1.16%, reports UkrAgroConsult. The main bearish factors were as follows: – rains in the US winter wheat producing regions before the sowing season; – less fears about Russian grain export restrictions; – good spring wheat conditions in the USA. The share of spring wheat in good and […]
Recently, Crenov8 Consulting; a leading consulting and digital technology company in the Middle East, in Dubai and Africa, brought together stakeholders in the country's agricultural sector to attract attention, brainstorm and look at ways to connect large-scale agricultural producers to buyers from the Middle East. In this part, ANTHONY AWUNOR who was at this event, […]
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), the head of state of Cano, has shown that hundreds of acres of rice plantations have been washed away by a flood in five local government districts of the state. This was reported by the head of the state RIFAN Alhadji Abubakar Haruna Aliyu during a press conference […]
According to the Statistics Committee under the Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan, oilseed plantings for the 2018 harvest in the country expanded by 14% versus 2017, to a record 2.838 Ml ha, report UkrAgroConsult’s analysts. Oil flax accounts for the largest portion of their total acreage. So, 1.1 Ml ha was seeded to this crop in […]
Nigeria and Germany at the weekend, signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) in the field of agriculture and trade. The first agreement was signed between the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the German-African Business Association. First Deputy National President of NACCIMA Hajia Saratu Iya-Abubakar, signed on behalf of […]
Farmers Some women, under the auspices of the Women's Association for Welfare Olokoro, invited the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Abia, to create demonstration farms within their reach. The President, General Association, Dr. Angela Ifeanocho, made a statement during the day of the Finnish Farmer's Day in 2018 in Olokoro with the theme: […]
The strategic participation of Governor Simon Lalong in Plateau State with the federal government again attracted about 13,000 farmers to grow rice in state. State Commissioner for Information and Communications Yakubu Dati told about this, having checked the distribution of inventory and materials from the stores of the Plateau Development Program (PADP) in Jos, the […]
“For seven months of this year, production increased by about 1.3%. While maintaining the current pace until the end of the year, we plan that the total milk collection will be 31 million 630 thousand tons”, said Deputy Director of the Department of food and processing industry of the Ministry of agriculture Vladimir Skvortsov in […]
The amount of US corn inspected for export in the week ended August 23 was at 1.245 million mt, up 13.5% compared with 1.096 million mt inspected in the previous week, data from the Department of Agriculture showed Monday. The amount of corn inspected was 49% higher than the 853,796 mt in the year-ago week, […]