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Farmers in Benue State have identified major problems which militated against their occupation in 2018 to include inaccessibility to improved seeds as well as inability to access funding among others. Some of the farmers, however, expressed optimism that the year 2019 would provide government opportunity to tackle such issues that have kept the country behind […]
The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has distributed a total of 3,131 bags of rice as relief material to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in 2018 in Adamawa State. The Area Comptroller, Mr Kamardeen Olumoh, at a press conference said the bags of rice were intercepted from smugglers in the state and […]
Wheat farmers said one of the major hurdles they experienced in 2018 was their inability to find a comfortable market for their product- a situation that has affected them drastically. The situation in Sokoto shows that wheat farmers are lamenting over lack of market and patronage. According to them, they lack large-scale buyers referred to […]
Tilapia fish being harvested at the Ikere Gorge Dam, Iseyin, Oyo State. The Federal Government has been urged to place outright ban on the importation of tilapia, to protect fish farmers and ensure the growth of the aquaculture industry. Stakeholders in the aquaculture industry who made the appeal during a meeting with members of the […]
Following the rising concern on the influx of processed food in the system; nutrition experts have raised alarm on the growing rate of child obesity, considered another form of malnutrition. The post Experts raise alarm over influx of processed food appeared first on – Nigeria and World News. Source link
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Kolawole Salako has expressed confidence that programmes under the Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE), would be sustained and given necessary support by the university. Salako gave the assurance at the meeting of the principal officers with the International […]
India’s soymeal exports are expected to have declined 24% on month to around 200,000 tn in December, primarily due to appreciation in the rupee against the dollar, an official with The Soybean Processors Association of India said today. “We were expecting exports of around 300,000 tn in December but the demand (for Indian soymeal) fell last […]
Cargill saw its net earnings drop by 20% in its second quarter, partly due to lower hog volumes in China and challenges in the US dairy and poultry industries. The Minnesota-headquartered company recorded net earnings of $741 million for the three months ended 30 November 2018. Second-quarter revenues decreased 4% to $28 billion as the […]
INDIA has extended its ban on the import of peas which includes Australia’s Kaspa peas. The Government of India gazette reports that India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has extended bans on the import of peas a further three months until the end of March 2019. One commentator said it appeared the government did not […]
Atiku weeps as he picks nomination form/premiumtimesng.com President Muhammadu Buhari should place the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, under security watch, according to a Fulani socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. Miyetti Allah’s call came in a communiqué at the end of an emergency where it noted that the former Vice-President was capable of destabilizing […]
CME Group, a worldwide derivatives marketplace, on Jan. 3 reported that its annual average daily volume (ADV) for agricultural commodities in 2018 increased 9% over the previous year, rising from 1.35 million contracts to a record 1.48 million. For December 2018, ADV for agricultural commodities averaged 1 million contracts, down 5% from December 2017. Corn […]
Mustard oil mills across the country crushed 550,000 tn of the oilseed in December, up 29.4% on year, according to data compiled by Mustard Oil Producers Association of India. On a month-on-month basis, crushing increased 22.2% from 450,000 tn in November. Crushing was higher due to improved demand from oil millers and mustard meal exporters. Reports […]
The country witnessed a robust growth in wheat import during last five fiscal years’ period, mainly for changing food habit of the countrymen. With around 5.5 million tons of barely purchased, Bangladesh has emerged as a leading wheat importer in the world with its import volume hitting a record high in the last fiscal year, […]
With the government’s support in 2018, which included credit, agriculture made a strong showing resulting in a rise in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), DANIEL ESSIET reports The dwindling oil price led to a renewed focus on agriculture as the engine for economic growth in 2018. Compared to other sectors, there were attempts to boost […]
BENUE State Governor Samuel Ortom has said agriculture can provide employment for the youth. He urged Nigerians to take advantage of the Federal Government’s facilities, policies and programmes to embrace agric. In an interview, Ortom said: “I tell you, we have taken advantage of the facilities provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to […]