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Frost and a lack of rain could scale back Argentina’s wheat crop for the 2018-19 season, which is currently seen at a record 19.7 million tonnes, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday. According to the exchange’s weekly report, a lack of moisture in the soil in northern Argentine provinces and late frosts in […]
Dr. Olusegun Makanjuola, the immediate former general secretary (South-West), the Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria, is the chairman of Global Wyse Limited, an agricultural consulting firm. He told NURUDEEN ALIMI in this interview, because the budget allocated for agriculture must be properly implemented. As a professional and major contributor to the agriculture sector, how would […]
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the head of Audu Ogbe reiterated the need to increase food production to meet the needs, especially in Africa. Chief Ogbe spoke at the ongoing Global Group of Ministers of Agriculture and delegates at the 20th edition of the Russian agribusiness forum and the Golden Autumn 2018 agricultural […]
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has started receiving the 30 000 tonnes of wheat imported recently and millers who had temporarily closed shop due to the unavailability of the cereal are now expected to resume operations. The wheat was secured by GMAZ on an instalment prepayment arrangement. The wheat landed at Beira, Mozambique […]
Delta Govt. opens registration for flood affected farmers The Delta government on Tuesday announced that it had opened registrations for farmers whose farms had been washed away by a recent flood to record their data. Mr. Austin Ogoro, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, made this statement to commemorate World Food […]
Agence France-Presse An expert on agriculture, Mr. Tundji Ovoey, on Monday, called for training young people in mechanized agriculture to increase food production. Owoeye, who is the managing director of Elephant Group Plc., Called in an interview with the Nigeria news agency (NAN) in Lagos at World Food Day 2018 (WFD) events. This year's WFD […]
The police in Jigawa deployed a detachment of shock groups to stop even more destruction of agricultural land in the area of the local government of Kirikasamm in the state of nomadic shepherds. Police spokesman Jigawa SP Abdu Zingiri told Nigeria News Agency on Tuesday that state police commissioner Bala Senchi had mobilized a “huge […]
In an effort to provide quality seeds for farmers, as well as to protect the genetic materials of the country, stakeholders in the agricultural sectors reviewed and approved plant protection (PVP), laws aimed at protecting the rights of plant breeders (PBR). Speaking at the meeting, the Director General of the National Council for Agricultural Seeds […]
The wheat harvest is underway in the north of Argentina with early signs suggesting initial yields are already below expectations, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange has warned Thursday. Despite less than 1% of the crop being harvested, the effects of drought and then cold weather and frosts have become apparent, BAGE said. “The first yields […]
China’s summer grain yields dropped by more than 3 million tons this year compared with 2017, representing a significant decrease in production, at a time when Beijing aims to reduce its reliance on imports from the United States. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), total nationwide grain production in summer 2018 […]
The EXECUTIVE Director, Institute for Agricultural and Rural Management Studies (ARMTI), Ilorin, Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, confirmed the importance of agricultural extension officers in the country's agricultural development. Oladunni said this during the flag weekly value-chain management curriculum program, which was attended by about 50 participants, including assistant directors / area extension managers (from all agricultural […]
Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommended that developing countries intensify the development of the rural economy to accommodate youth. A recent FAO report lamented inadequate resources and attention to agriculture, which is the main focus of rural development, stressing that modernizing the sector in poor areas […]
A new study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) showed that Nigeria meets the criteria necessary to ensure food security, create jobs and increase wealth through agriculture. The findings say that the successful eradication of poverty through agriculture depends on whether the country has enough […]
пліснявиMorocco and France have signed a partnership agreement on cereals. France showed interest in exporting its wheat to the Moroccan market. Chakib Alj, president of the National Federation of Mills (FNM) and Philippe Heusele, president of France Export Cereales signed the agreement on Tuesday in Casablanca, as part of the 21st conference on “The Franco-Moroccan […]