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The holiday weekend is mostly bringing dry conditions for much of the Midwest, but rain will may make an appearance on Sunday in some states. Farmers in Nebraska, South Dakota, western and northern Iowa, Minnesota, and western Wisconsin should be on the lookout for some rainfall starting on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms will likely stretch […]
One of the results of Russia’s food embargo against the EU and a weaker ruble has been a remarkable boom in agriculture, reports German weekly Der Spiegel. © Bogdan Cristel / Reuters Russian agriculture has been in decline since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Investors avoided the sector, turning to raw materials […]
IITA staff demonstrate to the visiting team the production of AflasafeTZ at IITA-EA hub in Tanzania. Visiting staff from the United States Senate, Washington DC, have applauded efforts by IITA to tackle aflatoxin contamination in key staple crops in Tanzania. Aflatoxin is a poison produced by some naturally occurring species of the fungus, Aspergillus that […]
Recently, the Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Protocol partnership released the first-ever global standard that provides requirements and guidance to measure, report on, and manage the amount of food removed from the food supply chain. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard, or the FLW Standard, was created with the hope that global […]
—Soybean conditions stay the same On Tuesday, the USDA dropped U.S. corn ratings, while soybean conditions remain the same as a week ago. In a nutshell, the report is neutral for the markets, according to Al Kluis, Kluis Commodities. In its weekly Crop Progress Report, the USDA pegged the corn crop at 74% good/excellent, down […]
According to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), close to 17 percent of the world’s livestock breeds face extinction. Many of these livestock breeds are indigenous, adapted to local conditions with long agricultural and pastoral traditions. Africa alone is home to more than 150 cataloged breeds of cattle. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) […]
The Executive Director, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Dr. Shola Adepoju, has urged Nigerians to return to agriculture, describing it as the hope of the country. Making this declaration at the third Prof Peter Adebola Okuneye Intervarsity Debate (PAID 2016), organised by the Agricultural Economics’ Student Association (AECOSA) of the Federal University of Agriculture,Abeokuta […]
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Cooperative and Multipurpose Society Limited and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), FUNAAB Branch, have elected new officers to steer the affairs of both organisations. The newly-elected President, UNAAB Cooperative and Multipurpose Society Limited, Alhaji Kama-rudeen Adedo, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association held […]
—As HarvestPlus Fetes 100 Farmers Mechanised farming Farmers have been urged to plan effectively and see their farms as business entities. They are urged to link the expansive value chain, which feeds agro-allied and other industries, in order to address wastage. The charge was given by agricultural development experts at a field trip organised by […]
A pre-shipment inspection agent for export, Mr Shehu Abdulkadir, on Friday called on the Federal Government to investigate the circumstances that started the controversy leading to rejection of Nigeria’s edible beans by the European Union. According to European Food Safety Authority, beans is expected to have maximum residue limit of 0.01mg/kg but the ones from Nigeria […]
Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade is planning to establish a Proper Professional Food Bank as a steady market for farmers across the local government areas in the state. Prof Ben Ayade Governor Ayade is optimistic that agriculture can go a long way to strengthening Nigeria’s Economy which at the moment is in recession. […]
The Director-General, African Centre for Supply Chain (ACSC), Dr. Obiora Madu, has said the government is taking steps to improve trade finance avalability to address the gaps in agro industrialisation, growth and job creation. Speaking with The Nation, Madu said the pool of funds established by the government was to serve players in the sector, […]
—As Experts Caution Against Overuse Of Chemicals Nigeria’s dried beans on display for sale in an open market, but rejected abroad The extension of the European Union (EU) ban on export of beans from Nigeria has started to take its toll on agricultural produce exporters, especially those who trade in beans, as they continue to […]
We welcome the plan by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to construct 10 earth dams in each of the nation’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with effect from next year. Agriculture Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh, announced the plan tagged “Project 10/37” in his goodwill message at the public presentation of the […]
A former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Prof Abiodun Adeloye, has urged pig farmers to be at alert for signs of African Swine Fever (ASF) and tighten biosecurity measures. ASF is a contagious viral infection that spreads rapidly among pigs. It is passed to animals through a vicious cycle between soft ticks and […]