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The Institute for Training Specialists in Agriculture and Agriculture (ARMTI) and the Regional Center of Education for Sustainable Development (RCE) held a seminar on efficient conversion technologies and sustainable land use for farmers, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Across Nigeria, the impact of climate change, including frequent and severe droughts and floods, has led to a shortage […]
The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, said on Thursday that Nigerians might have to wait another two years before seeing the impact of foreign investment in the country.The Minister made this statement in Bali, Indonesia, at the opening of the Regional Economic Perspective in South Sahara.Udoma said that it would […]
The 2018 UK wheat crop is down 5.1% on last year, while barley production fell by 7.9%, according to provisional Defra figures. It is estimated that the total wheat crop is just under 14.1m tonnes, below the five-year average for 2013-2017 of 14.8m tonnes. The total barley crop is forecast to be 6.6m tonnes, again […]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri The federal government has asked states and local governments to invest at least five percent of their budget in agriculture to achieve zero hunger by 2030. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, appealed to a symposium to celebrate World Food Day […]
The government of Abiola Adjimoby of the state of Oyo called on agricultural research institutes and farmers in the state to embark on demand-based projects, depending on the specific needs of their consumers. He called for an open state agricultural investment summit at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (ITA), Ibadan. Summit theme –Transformation of […]
Mohammad Ali (@ ChaudhryMAli88) 19 hours ago Thu October 11, 2018 | 21:21 Russia is interested in increasing grain exports to Nigeria, as well as in exports of meat and fish products to a West African country, said Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev on Thursday. MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – October 11, 2018) Russia […]
Food products in the world declined last month, and only the rise in sugar levels rose, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The FAO food price index, which measures monthly changes in a basket of grains, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, last month was 165.4 points. The FAO food price index fell 1.4 […]
Egypt’s need of sugar increases annually by 50,000 tons because of the population, Head of Sugar Division at the Federation of Industries Hassan Fendi said. Fendi clarified that this demand requires the establishment of a complete sugar industry line every three years to produce 150,000 tons annually to fill the current and future gap. The […]
Diris Abdulsalam, chairman of the Nigerian rice farmers ’association, told reporters on Thursday in Benin that farmers close to the state’s river areas were flooded. Flooding destroyed 280 hectares of rice farm in Iguarih and Iguomo in northeastern Ovia and the southwestern areas of Ovia state local government in Edo state.As the chairman of the […]
The federal government has asked states and local governments to invest at least five percent of their budget in agriculture to achieve zero hunger by 2030.Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, called for a symposium to celebrate World Food Day 2018 in Abuja on Thursday.Lokpobiri noted that the federal government […]
Zero Hunger 2030: The federal government has asked states and local governments to invest at least five percent of their budget in agriculture to achieve zero hunger by 2030. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, appealed to a symposium to celebrate World Food Day 2018 in Abuja on Thursday. Lokpobiri […]
Al Dahra, a UAE-based international conglomerate, specialising in the agribusiness, has signed an agreement to acquire acquiring the assets of PKB Korporacija and its subsidiaries in Serbia for Euro 150 million ($172 million), through an asset sale model transaction. The acquisition is being undertaken as a result of Serbia’s objective to privatise PKB Korporacija, and […]
Insurance Plc, on Wednesday launched its new product aimed at strengthening the agricultural sector. Mr Edwin Igbiti, managing director of AIICO, said at the launch of AIICO Agriculture Insurance in Lagos that this would contribute to the growth of agricultural production, economic development and employment in the country. File: farmers Igbiti said the move was […]
On Thursday, Oyo Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi reaffirmed the importance of agriculture in state-building, stating that he has the ability to ensure food security and provide jobs. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the first Summit and Oyo State Agriculture Exhibition with the theme: “Transforming the Agriculture and Agri-Union Industry of the State of Oyo: […]
The non-governmental organization Synergos Nigeria has launched a pilot program for the integration of farming and pastoral communities in parts of Kaduna, Benue and Kogi.Victoria Fajamillin, Policy Advisor, Synergos Institute, Abuja, reported to the Nigeria News Agency during a workshop organized to develop an action plan for a pilot program in Kaduna.Fajemillin said that integrated […]