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The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has warned that one year imprisonment or one million naira fine awaits anyone who sold adulterated sells to farmers in the country. Dr Olusegun Ojo, NASC Director-General, gave the warning at the 2018 AgraInnovate Conference and Exhibition in Lagos. He said that NASC was the governmental agency responsible for […]
THE Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has announced the commencement of compulsory inspection of agricultural products on federal highways across the country. In a statement issued by NAQS, it said the notice became necessary following the non-adherence of trucks to stop at control posts for checking by NAQS officials The statement reads “The Nigeria Agricultural […]
…says Ibori not far from Uduaghan in APCBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA – BORNO State Governor, Kashim Shettima, Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buahri’s chance of winning the 2019 Presidential election was brighter than it was in 2015. Kashim Shettima Governor Shettima who stated this while speaking with journalists in Maiduguri, President Muhammadu Buhari declared open the […]
As another week passes, the U.S. corn and soybean harvests inch toward completion, with southern row crops also making some inroads, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, which covers progress through November 25. The 2018/19 winter wheat crop is nearly planted, meantime, with the pace of emergence not far behind. Corn harvest […]
cassava chips THE Federal Government has kick-started the exportation process of cassava chips to Germany, through the Pacific Ring West Africa (PRWA) company. Speaking with journalists after the sealing of the container to be exported, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo, described the product to be very nice and tasty. Awolowo noted […]
In many nations of the world, the agric sector has been proven to be one of the major income generators. As a matter of fact, no nation can survive without a vibrant agric sector or putting in place a provision for the importation of food for its citizens. So as an entrepreneur if you are […]
Brazil sugar production between April 1 and November 16 would reach 25,13 million tonnes, decreasing 27% year on year. That would be the lowest for the period in 10 years, since the 2008-09 crop. The amount of sugarcane crushed in the first half of November in Brazil’s key Center-South region was expected to be 21,1 […]
THE smallholder farmers have been advised not to give in to politicians’ empty promises, but to vote based on issues in forthcoming elections. Teaching a select group of farmers’ cooperatives at the weekend in Owerri and Asaba, Executive Director of CARA Development Foundation, Mrs. Nnennaya Enyinna Emeremadu admonished the farmers to “do issue-based voting.” In […]
Mauritius reduced its forecast for sugar output this year for the third time as weather patterns aren’t favorable to sucrose formation. The Indian Ocean island nation will probably produce 320,000 tonnes of sugar this year, the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said in an e-mailed statement. Its initial forecast for the year was for 350,000 tonnes, […]
The Federal Government has a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Biocrops Biotechnology Limited targeted at creating 10,000 jobs in the country. Speaking on the occasion the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Bitrus Nabasu, explained that the signing of the MoU would lead to immediate production of Nigerian developed and […]
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The South American nation has risen to become the top buyer of U.S. beans in the last three months as China looks elsewhere in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration. Almost 1.3 million metric tons of U.S. oilseed have been inspected for export to Argentina from Sept. 1 through Nov. 22, according to […]
veterinary officers Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has trained Nigeria’s Veterinary Officers in First Good Emergency Practices (GEMP) to prevent and respond to animal disease outbreak. The training which was put together in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was attended by 35 participants drawn from the […]
MAIZE plantings are significantly down this season as the crop competes with alternative options, such as cotton, for limited irrigation water allocations. Instead of the more usual 450,000 to 550,000 tonnes of production, Lachlan Commodities managing director, Tony Cogswell, Forbes, NSW, expects production will be back to 200,000-240,000t this season. Mr Cogswell said in the […]
Livestock market. Image: International Livestock Research Institute. Limited access to funding is one of the major problems facing livestock farmers in the country, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This came from the Director, Development Finance Department of the CBN, Mudashiru Olaitan on Monday in Kano at a workshop on Sustainable Financing of Livestock […]