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[FILE PHOTO] Heineken Lokpobiri The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has commended the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for supporting the nation’s agricultural value chain development with $500 million. Speaking when he received the new country representative of the fund, Ms Ndine Gbossa, in his office in Abuja, Lokpobiri […]
Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers Association (ZHCFA) has called for exclusive use of organic fertilisers for the production of fruits and vegetables that are consumed without being processed because of the health benefits. The association made the call in a communique issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja and released in Ilorin on Sunday. […]
Nigeria Leads West African Biosafety: The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency Dr Rufus Ebegba has said that Nigeria has been mandated to lead the West African sub-region on Biosafety. Dr Ebegba who said this while presenting the Agency’s score card to the public in Abuja today (21st December) said It is gratifying […]
Femi Fani-Kayode Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed the leadership of Miyetti Allah for threatening to leave Nigeria. The group had boasted that if they leave Nigeria, the country’s economy will collapse. Reacting in a post on his Twitter page, Fani-Kayode wrote: “‘If we move out of the country the economy will collapse”-Miyetti […]
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), one of the research organisations in Africa, is developing and extending tools and strategies for farmers’ productivity. The organisation, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya, is lowering the cost of production, using new innovations. In this way, it is advancing agricultural production in the continent. One […]
The executive secretary, Fertilizer Producers Association of Nigeria (FESPAN), Ahmed Rabiy Kwa, has disclosed that very soon, Nigeria will begin to export NPK fertilizer, saying that only 30 per cent of raw materials are presently being imported to blend NPK. Speaking at a one-day productivity improvement training for 80 registered distributors, Kwa said the aim […]
Yuletide : Poultry farmers happy over high patronage By Gami Tadanyigbe Some poultry farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday expressed delight as they recorded high patronage ahead of the Christmas celebration. The farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said in spite of […]
M. Mostafa Terrab, OCP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Photo/ocpgroup<br /> The OCP Fertilisers Nigeria Limited is set to pump a total sum of $2.350m to develop the country’s agriculture sector in 2019, through its various projects. Through the projects, which include OCP School Lab, OCP Agribooster, One Stop Shop, and others, the organisation is […]
Kevin Eze, Founder African Food Network An African Food Network, meant to serve as an online recipe database to showcase and promote African food recipes to the rest of the world, has been launched. The founder, Kevin Eze, an entrepreneur and brand strategist said the continent has a rich and untapped food recipes that would […]
Experts in the agricultural sector have warned the Federal Government to reconsider its position on the ban placed on importation of fertiliser, predicting that the policy will encourage smuggling of the product through the country’s porous borders. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in an official circular, signed by its Director, Trade & […]
Wheat has been planted in 253.52 lakh hectare so far in the ongoing rabi season, slightly lower than the previous year, the agriculture ministry said Friday. Besides wheat, sowing of other rabi crops such as rice, pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds also lagged. Rabi crops’ sowing begins from October and harvesting from March. Wheat is […]
Argentina’s wheat crop is mainly in normal to excellent condition with 68 percent of the harvest completed despite concern that recent hard rains and hail storms might have hurt yields, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said. Harvesting advanced 11 percent during the previous week, the exchange said in a report, with more than 82 percent […]
Canadian wheat ending stocks for 2018/19 (Aug/Jul) will be slightly larger than earlier thought, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. | File photo Canadian wheat ending stocks for 2018/19 (Aug/Jul) will be slightly larger than earlier thought, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Meanwhile, the carryout projections […]
US soybean net export sales for the 2018-2019 marketing year were at a high of 2.835 million mt for the week ending December 13, up 285.38% from the previous week, Department of Agriculture data showed Thursday. This week’s report reflects the first round of buying from China since the 25% tariff on US soybeans was […]
The Prices of tomatoes and pepper have dropped considerably in major markets in Enugu metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A market survey conducted by NAN on Saturday revealed that prices of both tomatoes and pepper had reduced when compared to what their prices were some months ago. The price of a big […]