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Scientists from IBM Research and Hello Tractor are piloting an agriculture digital wallet and decision-making tool which provides demand and supply visibility for farmers, tractor fleet providers and banks to give farmers the equipment and technology they need to build a sustainable farm. The technology was unveiled on Tuesday at the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa […]
Trade By Franca Ofili The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANT) on Monday called on the Federal Government to increase funding and monitoring mechanisms of agricultural policies to create the much-needed impact on the populace. Mr Ken Ukaoha, president of the association said this at the joint sector review of Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme […]
The bumper harvest of onion recorded in Sokoto this year is translating into an income boom for its farmers in the state. Many of the farmers, who spoke to this reporter, could not hide their happiness over what one of them described as a rewarding development. “This year‘s harvest is favourable and rewarding to onion […]
The Finance Ministry of Indonesia has made an official statement about the imposition of zero duty on palm oil exports from the country instead of currently charged USD 50/MT. No levies from palm exporters will be collected when domestic prices for crude palm oil are USD 570/MT or lower, but USD 25/MT will be charged […]
ADVERTISEMENT Turkey is a common poultry bird in Nigeria usually farmed at homes. A renowned turkey farmer based in Masaka, Nasarawa State, Mrs. Jerry Ngwankwe, said turkey eggs are incubated for 28 days before hatching. Thereafter, the turkeys take some weeks on the farm before reaching maturity. The farmer said they require vaccination at least […]
Philips Ojo Dr. Philips Ojo is the Director- General of the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC). During the just concluded AgraInnovate’s exhibition in Lagos, he spoke with Head, Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, on the importance of seeds to food security, the menace of seed adulteration and efforts of the council to rid the farming space […]
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow imports of U.S. beef and beef products into Morocco. 2018 is the first year that U.S. beef and poultry exporters have access to Morocco’s market under the terms of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade […]
The dry season is here again. Outbreaks of avian influenza, popularly called bird flu, always trail the outset of the season. Annually, the deadly strain of the virus, H5N1, has repeatedly re-emerges in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. It is safer, more economically better and more desirable to take precautions to prevent the outbreak of […]
Mr. Jacob Temitope Ogunleye is an animal scientist based in Suleja, Niger State, breeding grasscutter and training farmers on other aspects of livestock farming. In this interview with Daily Trust at the just concluded Zuma FM Harvest Festival in Suleja on Saturday, he explained why farming grasscutter becomes an area of interest to farmers. “Grasscutters, […]
The Executive Director of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali, has advocated more empowerment of women population in the agricultural the sector. The post NCAM seeks women empowerment in agribusiness appeared first on – Nigeria and World News. Source link
WINTER crop harvest yields continue to rise above expectations in Western Australia where total tonnages exceed projections as more area is harvested. Despite the impact of recent storms, spot fires and rainfall events, the earlier impact of frosts, a dry September, and the confined strip of very dry conditions across the north and eastern Albany […]
An online platform called Livestock247 has said its goals are to bridge the gap in the trading of the livestock and mitigate the spread of animal diseases to humans. The aim of the new online space, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mr. Ibrahim Maigari, is to infuse technology into the livestock […]
The chairman Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Niger state chapter, Alhaji Mahmood El-Mahdiys has said the continuing reference to Kebbi and other states as the rice hub is a mere rhetoric. Speaking with North Central Trust in Minna, Alhaji Mahmood said Niger has unbeaten record as the largest rice producing state, even as he […]
Indonesia’s wheat flour imports declined by 40% in 2017-18 to 50,000 tonnes of wheat equivalent, according to a Dec. 4 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The decline is mainly due to the continued weakness of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar. “Domestic flour will continue to dominate the […]
It was a record breaking October for grain movement and export. October exports of all grains hit 4.737 million tonnes, up 14 percent over the same month in 2017. It is always tricky to write a column with a deadline just as major news-making events are evolving. American President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi […]