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Africa’s biggest hatchery and feed mill constructed by Olam Grains Nigeria was inaugurated Tuesday in Kaduna. The company, constructed at$ 150 million, consists of feed mill, hatchery and breeder farm, Olam’s Business Head, Vinod Mishra, has said. Mishra told journalists that the company would process 180,000 tonnes of corn and 75,000 tonnes of soya beans […]
14 farmers were arrested by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State on Tuesday for cultivating Cannabis. Mr Aliyu Adole the Commandant of the agency in the state told newsmen in Gombe that the farmers were arrested with 413.19 kilogrammes of Cannabis. He said nine of them were arrested with 322.6 kg […]
Zimbabwe produced enough food to feed its people for the first time since adopting a controversial policy to strip land from white farmers, President Robert Mugabe told parliament on Tuesday. From the year 2000, hundreds of white farmers were evicted from their farms, often violently, and land was handed to allies of the ruling ZANU-PF […]
Nigeria’s southwest Ogun State Friday activated bird flu control measures at a breeder poultry farm, located in Orile-Ilugun area of the state. The state took the proactive steps to prevent the spread of the Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu, which was discovered on the farm, Adepeju Adebajo, the Commissioner for Agriculture told Xinhua […]
Prof. Ruth Oniang’o, the Chairperson, Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and Sasakawa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE), has won the 2017 Africa Food Prize. Mr Adams Ephraims-Onuche, the Sasakawa Global 2000 Communications Officer made this known in statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Tuesday. “The prize was awarded to Prof. Ruth […]
Some farmers in Borno have expressed optimism of recording bumper harvests in the 2017 cropping season. They also commended the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for supporting displaced farmers to return to their farms. Reports shows that thousands of displaced farmers supported by FAO cultivated their farmlands in Maiduguri and other liberated communities. FAO in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned an integrated poultry farm and animal feed mill in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The inauguration of the N20 billion facility, built by Olam Group was the President’s first public function outside the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since his return from London, where he spent 103 days on […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), has alerted Nigerians on tons of genetically modified (GM) Maize imported into the country without necessary approvals. NBMA Director General/CEO, Dr. Rufus Ebegba who made this known at a news conference today (Sept 13) in Abuja said that the Agency got notice of the importation through an intelligence report […]
Corn and soybean growers in Canada have a new tool in the fight against tough and resistant weeds. ZIDUA SC is a new Group 15 herbicide from BASF that contains the active ingredient pyroxasulfone. “BASF focuses on providing Canadian growers with tools that support current and emerging resistance challenges,” said Deven Esqueda, Crop Manager, Corn […]
Chinese scientists have developed a smart pesticide that, once in the soil, is controllable and recyclable. A team led by Wu Zhengyan, professor with the Technical Biology Institute, under Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, used diatomite, iron magnesium oxide and chitosan to make a compound that can be activated by changes […]
The federal government has posted 3,000 agro rangers to protect cattle ranches across the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo announced this decision tuesday at the National Conference on Transformation of the Nigerian Livestock Industry held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. He said the armed rangers were trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and the Federal Government have signed a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP), agreement as part of joint efforts to manage the spread of the Fall Armyworm (FAW) disease across Nigeria. The objective of the TCP included the establishment of capacities to detect, monitor and control the FAW infestation in maize […]
The Federal Government says it will train officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) who are interested in going into agriculture to ensure food security in the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at a sensitisation workshop organised for officers of NAF on the benefits of the new […]
The 2017 growing season is nearly in the books, which means #harvest17 is right around the corner. “It’s been an interesting season. It was a tough spring in a lot of geographies,” says Bruce Battles, head of agronomy for Syngenta seed. “You never know what kind of fall you’re going to have, either.” Below are […]
BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) – China plans to roll out the use of ethanol in gasoline nationally by 2020, state media reported on Wednesday citing a government document, as Beijing intensifies its push to boost industrial demand for corn and clean up choking smog. It’s the first time the government has set a targeted timeline […]