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Zobo plant The Coordinating Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr Vincent Isegbe, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to resume the export of hibiscus (zobo leaves) to Mexico. Dr Isegbe disclosed this during a visit to the agency by the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Marco Antonio Garcia Blanco, at the […]
The Ogun State government has promised to provide land to the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) if it was interested in medium to large scale farming operation. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo, made this known at the council’s annual World Food Day programme and the Global Church Week of Action on Food […]
FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2 601 million tonnes, primarily due to higher estimates for wheat production in Canada and China. Nonetheless, the new forecast remains 2.1 percent below the record level achieved in 2017. Global rice output this year is expected to surpass last year’s all-time high […]
The competition’s top scorer, nicknamed Forty, believes his side will carry on with their form to usurp their Calabar counterparts University of Calabar Malabites will be at the receiving end of, at least, a 3-0 scoreline in the final of HiFL Nigeria, boasts Ebuka David, University of Agriculture, Makurdi Tillers captain and competition top scorer. […]
On Gerrid Gust’s farm in Saskatchewan, favorable weather this year brought a bumper crop of high-protein durum wheat, the best in the past few years. The grain used to make spaghetti isn’t fetching the usual premium price, though. It’s stuck in storage because of restrictions on pasta by Italy, the world’s top consumer, and popular […]
On Saturday, the Calabar outfit face University of Agriculture, Makurdi in the collegiate games final in Lagos The University of Calabar are confident of beating their counterparts from Maiduguri to the maiden Higher Institutions Football League Nigeria title, according to coach Emmanuel Egrinya. On Saturday, both sides square off in HiFL final showpiece at the Agege […]
In a tough final, the Makurdi side defeated their Calabar counterparts on penalties to emerge victors of the maiden edition of the collegiate games University of Agriculture, Makurdi are the Higher Institutions Football Legaue champions after defeating University of Calabar 5-4 on penalties which succeeded a goalless stalemate at the Agege Stadium, Lagos. UAM Tillers […]
International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices, the United Nations said today. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 163.5 points in October, down 0.9 […]
Warm and dry weather in the United States and Ukraine allows to speed up the harvesting of corn. The U.S. over the past week caught up with the backlog in cleaning and threshed 63% of the area that corresponds to the average 5-year average. However, the rainfall next week may slow the rate of harvest. In Ukraine, […]
From Balarabe Alkassim, Bauchi The Bauchi office of FADAMA II additional financing project has distributed empowerment and food items to 1000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. The state project manager Professor Ali Garba while addressing the IDPs during the distribution, said the FADAMA Additional Financing Project II was designed to address some of […]
The demand for American wheat has hit an eight-year low, according to recent data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “The decrease to Mexico, our biggest wheat importer last year, was 22 percent, which equals the largest year-to-year reduction in exports that we’ve seen over the past seven years,” said Anton Bekkerman, professor […]
[FILE PHOTO] Foods on display Despite the destruction of over 122,653 hectares of farmlands across states by flood, the National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim has assured that there will be no food crisis. While speaking to journalists in Abuja, Ibrahim said AFAN rather expects bumper harvest this year, and […]
Fisheries The Federal Government has been urged to improve fisheries management systems, infrastructure, value chain investments, and encourage private sector investment to increase the availability and quality of sea fish. At the Workshop on Review of National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policies for Coherence /Alignment with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy (PFRS) for Fisheries and […]
Dr. Rufus Ebegba A National Biosafety Mainstreaming Strategy has been reviewed and validated to strengthen the biosafety regulatory regime and its inclusion in various sectors of the economy. According to a statement from NBMA, the document developed by the agency was presented, reviewed and validated by representatives of the MDAs, at an awareness seminar for […]
Pupils of Estate Primary School, Ogba, display their garden produce at the Harvest Fair. Five months after the flag-off of the school garden sites in government primary schools and communities in Ikeja Local Council Area of Lagos State, the Harvest Fair has held, where garden produce from nine public primary schools were displayed. The project, […]