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Soy Meal: Argentina’s Agriculture Ministry has temporarily suspended a reporting mechanism which tracks exports for soy oil, soy meal, pellets and other products containing soy, effectively curtailing exports of those products for two days. The decision was implemented through resolution 249/2018 following the Economy Ministry’s decision to halt its rolling programme of export tax cuts […]
Fish Farming: As a part of measures to alleviate poverty and deal with unemployment, the federal government has reiterated its readiness to work with the Ogun State government in the development of fisheries within the nation to create wealth distribution.
Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance 09-Aug-18 Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Anchau Market, Kaduna State. Beans (White) 100Kg 27,000 Tier 760 311 29,000 790 -2000 -30 Garri (White) 50Kg 17,500 Tier 410 247 17,000 400 500 10 Groundnut (Edible) 120Kg 20,000 Tier […]
Tanzania and the Netherlands yesterday signed an accord that may see the 2 nations cooperate in production of Irish potatoes.
The Federal Government says it has concluded plans to begin a week-long training on agricultural businesses for soon to be retirees in the federal civil service.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says greater than 400,000 farmers have to this point acquired its assist from the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) to cultivate 12 crops, together with rice, soya, maize, palm produce, cotton and cassava.
Conservation Agriculture: Major factors limiting food production for smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa include the depletion of soil fertility, soil erosion and periodic droughts due to climate change.
A big consignment of greens and different edibles exported from Nigeria to the UK, have been on the weekend returned on account of failure to satisfy up with worldwide procedures. That is coming precisely 10 months after some consignment of yam exported to the USA, have been additionally rejected on account of poor quality.The produce, […]
Food Security: The Chinese Government says it is committed to supporting Nigeria in achieving food security in line with the Federal Government’s economic growth plan.
Director General/CEO of the National Biosafety Management agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba has advised superstores across the country who sell products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to formalize their dealings or face the wrath of the law.
A new tool to fight cassava diseases using an artificially intelligent machine has been launched. Nuru, as the device is known, has been developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with the Pennsylvania State University of the United States.
The Federal Government will continue to encourage kenaf production in view of its importance in the production of jute bags for the commodity export business, the Director-General of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Dr. Hussain Doko Ibrahim, has said.
Indications have emerged that Nigeria faces drastic food shortage and price hike in the nearest future if herders-farmers’ clashes in the North Central Nigeria continue unabated.
The Farmers Empowerment Association has lamented that the stringent measures put in place by the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) are scaring away off-takers who are ready to buy agricultural products from the farmers.
The Director General, Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Osita Anthony Aboloma has raised an alarm over the influx of adulterated and substandard pesticides in the agro-chemical stores across the country, saying most of the pesticides in the market are counterproductive to the country’s drive to revitalizing ..