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By Emmanuel Aziken Chief Audu Ogbeh’s middle name is Innocent and it was remarkable that he was for long, revered for a kind of innocence that could not be seen in the everyday politician. However, his latter day innocence is now the subject of political interrogation. Chief Ogbeh was one of those who came into […]
Agriculture With its vast agricultural potential, Africa’s agribusiness sector is predicted to reach $1 trillion by 2030. Leaders of the continent’s top agribusiness companies shared their thoughts on the future of the industry at the Africa Investment Forum holding in Johannesburg in South Africa. As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors also gathered at the […]
Kayode Fayemi ADO-EKITI – Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said his administration’s plan to focus on agriculture and rural development is to reposition the state as a food basket for the country. The governor, who said that farming remained the number one pre-occupation of Ekiti people, said his government would partner with the farmers […]
Small hold farmers yesterday appealed for UK’s government intervention in developing subsistent farmers to maximize their potential toward boosting agricultural production in the country and enhance food security. The Senior Project Manager, Propcom Mai-karfi, Ogene Ogun said during an interactive session on rural livelihood and youth empowerment held yesterday in Abuja that the Visit of […]
About 3,000 rice farmers in the South West of Nigeria will be benefitting from a programme organized by Feg-Agro Farms Nigeria Limited in partnership with the Federal Government. According to the chairman of Feg-Agro Farms, Otunba Gabriel Emiola Ogunsanya, Feg-Agro farms is partnering the federal government to not only assist farmers in the South West […]
Argentina is expected to harvest some 140 million tons of grain in the 2018/2019 season, the largest crop in the country’s history, according to Argentina’s Agriculture Secretariat. The result would represent a 25% increase on last year’s harvest of 112 million ton, government officials said, addressing the recent 3rd Conference on Agricultural Perspectives at […]
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said his administration’s plan to focus on agriculture and rural development is a step towards repositioning the state as a food basket for the country. The governor, who said that farming remained the number one pre-occupation of Ekiti people, said his government would partner with farmers and some […]
As the international price of wheat firms up, global supply and demand balance is going to tighten in 2018-2019. That forecast comes from the Food Outlook, a biannual report published by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. The global wheat production forecast is set to drop by 4.3 percent from the […]
Chief Alaba Lawson, the National President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has commended Nigeria “over her sterling contributions at the global level.” Lawson made the remark when she led a delegation of NACCIMA members on a courtesy visit to the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. […]
Chief Alaba Lawson, the National President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has commended Nigeria “over her sterling contributions at the global level.” Lawson made the remark when she led a delegation of NACCIMA members on a courtesy visit to the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. […]
Iran has emerged as the biggest buyer of US soybeans in August in the aftermath of trade tensions between China and the US, according to Baltic and International Maritime Council. According to a recent report by BIMCO, the world’s biggest international shipping association, Iran has emerged as the biggest importer of US soybeans in […]
Akinwunmi Adesina The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, says he is ashamed of Nigeria’s power generation. Speaking on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum in Sandton, South Africa, the former minister of agriculture said it is unacceptable for Nigeria to be delivering 4,500 megawatts of electricity. His words: “My own perspective in everything that […]
File: Adesina, AfDB President. The Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed has said the President Muhammadu Buhari government would build on the legacies of Akinwumi Adesina as a minister. Adesina who is not the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) was a former Agricultural and Rural Development Minister under the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at […]
Ethiopia provides a clear example of agricultural underperformance, as the country’s wheat production has consistently lagged other African nations. In 2012, Ethiopia’s wheat yields were 29 percent below neighboring Kenya, 13 percent below the African average, and 32 percent below the global average. To help address these shortcomings, Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency introduced the Wheat […]
A fertiliser plant. Image: Naija 24 News The Minister for Budget and National planning, Udo Udoma has said the Federal Government has distributed more than N120 billion to farmers in the country. Udoma said this amount was handed as concessionary loans to over 800,000 farmers across the country through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. He said […]