AgroBusiness Times

[ad_1] Members of the Nigeria Forest Services, known as Forest Guards, drivers, farmers and traders, yesterday, stormed the streets of Akure protesting in support of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s order to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in Ondo State within seven days. The protesters, who decried incessant abduction of their members by herdsmen, carried placards with […]

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring quality of agricultural seeds, seedlings and other inputs as fundamental requirements for productivity of farmers. The council said intensive agricultural practices by using quality inputs would guarantee productivity per hectare, which, in turn, would boost efforts to make Nigeria food-secure. Director, Seed Inspectorate […]

Flour Mills of Nigeria, through one of its subsidiaries, Golden Agri Inputs Limited (GAIL), is bringing respite to farmers in the country through its partnership with AgBiTech, an American company and global leader in agricultural technology. Farmers in Nigeria, the first country where Fall Armyworm (FAW) was detected in Africa in 2016, will soon get […]

[ad_1] As part of efforts to complement the Federal Government’s search for alternative source of fuel and boost the economy, the National Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) has acquired 84 hectares of land from Kaduna State government for jathropha plantation for biofuel production.  The Director-General of the institute, Dr Bayero Salih Farah, made this known at the […]

[ad_1] [FILE PHOTO] Ginger . Credit: Jam Beverage Company To promote value chain development of ginger as a produce capable of boosting wealth creation, employment opportunities and improved gross domestic product (GDP), the Raw Material research and Development Council (RMRDC) has partnered with two private sector operators to maximize the benefits. The Director-General of the council, […]

[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that about 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are ready for supply from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), which will ultimately reduce the current price of maize from N155,000 per metric tonne. According to the apex bank, the planned release follows a move by the […]

[ad_1] LAGOS  – Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have opined that for Nigeria’s efforts and investments in the sector to yield desired results and become food secure rest on the effectiveness of the Joint Border Patrol System put in place by the Federal Government and the nation’s neighbouring countries works.  Besides, they are of the […]

[ad_1] Farming in Nigeria has taken a dramatic turn to better directions in recent years, creating jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs who dare to go into farming business.  Millionaires are made every year through Farming in Nigeria and there is simply no end to the prospects of creating more wealth in Nigerian Farms in the […]

[ad_1] To further strengthen the economy of the state, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has engaged the United States government in the oil palm and cassava sub-sectors of the state for the manufacturing of high-value Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG). The governor is also partnering with the private sector for optimal actualisation of the objective. Obaseki unveiled […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – The National Leadership of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) on Thursday suspended the Alhaji Farouk Mudi-led National Caretaker Committee, describing the committee’s activities as illegal and unconstitutional. At its National Executive Council Meeting in Abuja, the President of AFAN, Kabiru Ibrahim, said there is no provision in the Constitution of the […]

[ad_1] The highly contagious animal disease affecting domestic and wild small ruminants was first identified in Côte d’Ivoire in the 1940s. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the Peste des petits Ruminants (PPR) disease, also known as sheep and goat plague, threatens 80 per cent of the world’s ruminants. The PPR, a […]

[ad_1] Calicivirus was first discovered in China in 1984, and has been found to be a swift rabbit killer, giving little warning, and sometimes without any symptoms to the hare. An outbreak of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV), a highly contagious disease caused by a Calicivirus, is inflicting huge losses on rabbit farmers in Oyo […]

[ad_1] Nigeria’s trade report shows wheat was the country’s second most imported item in the second and third quarters of 2020. Nigeria’s wheat production has been so dismal that for a decade the country only managed to produce just about two per cent of all the wheat it consumed. Data from the United States Department […]