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On August 28, Egypt purchased 350 KMT of milling wheat from Russia & Ukraine to be delivered on October 11 – 20, 2018 at an average price of USD 241.23/MT C&F. The price in the previous tender equaled USD 249.10/MT C&F, reports UkrAgroConsult. The purchase included the following: Quantity, KMT Origin Shipper FOB ($) Freight […]
The provincial government of Ondo says that it will cooperate with the Government of Lagos State for the production of rice.The Agriculture Commissioner in Adegboedega Adefarati said this during the review of the Fadama 111 additional financing projects in the local government district of Akure North.Adefarathi said the state government provided more than 4,000 acres […]
Malaysia’s palm oil output is expected to drop to 19.8 million tonnes in 2018 as compared to 19.92 million tonnes recorded in 2017 due to lower yields, said Oil World executive director Thomas Mielke. “Yield trend is declining. There was a strong recovery seen in production last year and the first four to five months […]
Mechanized agriculture Executive Director of the National Center for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) Ilorin, Dr. Yomi Kasali, conducted a survey of agricultural training, technological adaptation and knowledge sharing based on the specific needs of Nigeria's geopolitical zones to achieve better results and improve gross domestic product (GDP). Kasali, referring to the participants at the training course […]
Rice imports nosedived in the past two months and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicted total import would dip to 6 lakh tonnes in 2018-19 due to higher production in boro season and reinstatement of import tariff. The private and public sectors imported 38.92 lakh tonnes of rice in July-June of 2017-18, the highest […]
From Bol Ojola, Akure On the weekend of the Ondo Government, 450,000 cocoa seedlings and 25,000 cashews of Brasiliam were distributed to farmers in 18 local government districts of the state.Governor Rotimi Akeredol, who distributed the seedlings at the Federal Agricultural College, Akura, said that this is an economy through agriculture and agribusiness.The governor said […]
In an effort to address the problem of malnutrition in the country, HarvestPlus, a global biomedicine of nutrient crops, introduced about 200,000 tons of vitamin A corn to the Nigerian market. According to the International Children's Fund for Children of the United Nations (UNICEF), about 2.5 million Children under the age of five suffer from […]
Food grain production in the country in 2017-18 crop year will be a record 284.83 million tonnes as per the fourth advanced estimates issued by the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said rice output would be 112.91 million tonnes and that of wheat 99.70 million tonnes. “I am happy to […]
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) State Institution Lagos, Area Coordinator III, Ms. N.B. Ekwueme (l), Managing Director of Nosak Farm Produce Limited, Mr. Robert Ogiri; and Nosak Group's executive director, Mr. Osagi Ogunbor, during the presentation of the MANCAP product quality certificate for Nosak Farm Produce products in Lagos. Nosak Farm Produce Limited, a subsidiary […]
WHEAT. During August 16-22, CBOT wheat prices lost 1.16%, reports UkrAgroConsult. The main bearish factors were as follows: – rains in the US winter wheat producing regions before the sowing season; – less fears about Russian grain export restrictions; – good spring wheat conditions in the USA. The share of spring wheat in good and […]
Recently, Crenov8 Consulting; a leading consulting and digital technology company in the Middle East, in Dubai and Africa, brought together stakeholders in the country's agricultural sector to attract attention, brainstorm and look at ways to connect large-scale agricultural producers to buyers from the Middle East. In this part, ANTHONY AWUNOR who was at this event, […]
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), the head of state of Cano, has shown that hundreds of acres of rice plantations have been washed away by a flood in five local government districts of the state. This was reported by the head of the state RIFAN Alhadji Abubakar Haruna Aliyu during a press conference […]
According to the Statistics Committee under the Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan, oilseed plantings for the 2018 harvest in the country expanded by 14% versus 2017, to a record 2.838 Ml ha, report UkrAgroConsult’s analysts. Oil flax accounts for the largest portion of their total acreage. So, 1.1 Ml ha was seeded to this crop in […]
Nigeria and Germany at the weekend, signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) in the field of agriculture and trade. The first agreement was signed between the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the German-African Business Association. First Deputy National President of NACCIMA Hajia Saratu Iya-Abubakar, signed on behalf of […]
Farmers Some women, under the auspices of the Women's Association for Welfare Olokoro, invited the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Abia, to create demonstration farms within their reach. The President, General Association, Dr. Angela Ifeanocho, made a statement during the day of the Finnish Farmer's Day in 2018 in Olokoro with the theme: […]