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Located on the eastern side of Meru County, Mugae location is characterized by a sparse population with low and erratic rainfall resulting in an increase in food insecurity, environmental degradation and poverty levels in the county. Massive wind storms carry away the soil from the bare land making agriculture a debatable investment. This however, is […]
The President of African Development Bank (AFDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina says the bank will collaborate with Sokoto State Government to establish an agro-industrial park for the North West geo-political zone. He also said:”We hope to partner with the Sokoto government to develop drugs and other solutions to tackle the disturbing problem of malnutrition and stunting […]
“Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire — “Regardless of the approach or transformative pathway chosen to change food systems and trade regimes, African countries need to undertake radical change in agricultural production systems, adopt agribusiness and promote regional agricultural value chains as a vein for regional integration.” The statement was made by Stephen Karingi, Director of the ECA’s […]
Much-needed rain in the past couple of months has helped to alleviate pressure on South African farmers in a number of provinces, but significant rainfall over the next few months is essential to ensure the full replenishment of irrigation dams, agricultural economists have warned. “Eight provinces were declared drought disaster areas early in 2016, which […]
10% Of Argentina’s Soybean Crop Is Damaged, Some farmers face total crop losses. Fires and floods at the same time. That is what Argentina has faced in the last several weeks in different regions of the country, and that may push some grains higher, especially soybeans. The fires were generated in the southwest parts of […]
The Monsanto Sobsidiary Aims To Nearly Double Paid Subscriptions In 2017. The top corn yield in the 2015 National Corn Growers Association yield contest tallied 532 bushels per acre. Meanwhile, 2015’s average yield on the remaining 80.7 million U.S. corn acres harvested for grain tallied 168.4 bushels per acre. So why the yield gap? Well, […]
It’s the subject of conversation at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention that’s wrapping up today in Phoenix and in the halls of the U.S. Senate. Even at National Farmers Union, a farm group with members who often vote for Democrats, there’s disappointment. The unanswered question: Who will be President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary […]
Mr Wellington Omoragbon, State Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Edo, says the Federal Government has begun the construction of a fish market at Illushi Community in Edo. Omoragbon told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin that the fish market was located at Illushi in Esan South-East Local […]
Cross River Government lost over N130 million revenue in 2016 due to allocation of cocoa farms to ghost farmers, Mr Oscar Ofuka, Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade on Cocoa Development, has said. Ofuka made the disclosure on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. He said the governor […]
Collins Nnabuife spoke with the Chairman of the Nigerian Agribusiness Group (NABG), Sani Dangote, on how best the government can revitalise the agriculture sector through business approach. What have been your achievements in the last two years? In the last two and half years, we started this association, we have been able to bring together […]
Recently, organic agriculture practitioners and other stakeholders in the system of agriculture converged on Ijero-Ekiti, headquarters of Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, where they learnt that no fewer than 31 organic fertilizer companies operating in Nigeria are now involved in the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) initiated by the Federal Government for the promotion […]
The Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Sualaimon Lasun-Yussuff, has donated three tractors worth N60 million to boost agriculture in Osun State. The tractors were presented to All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Osogbo/Olorunda/Orolu/Irepodun Federal Constituency by the lawmaker in Osogbo, on Friday. Honourable Lasun-Yussuff called on government at all levels and other […]
The Federal Government has expressed its determination to ensure that the country achieves food security and sufficiency. To this end, the government through the Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development, has put several measures in place that has today enhanced increased food production, especially grains. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, positioned […]
Farmers in Kano state have produced 1,551,720 tons of rice in 2016 as against the 692,481 tons produced in 2015, the state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said. Ganduje announced this at Kano Seed Processing Centre, Kadawa in Garun Malam local government area during an interacting session with farmers on loan recovery of the Central […]
Lovers of apple, majority of which is imported from South Africa, Europe and Asia, commonly known as Temperate/Mediterranean apples, need not go far anymore, as a new variety has been developed in Nigeria. The new variety-Bell apple is a unique and amazing tropical apple variety now produced in Nigeria, although still relatively new to the […]