National Symposium On Agriculture Designed To Unravel Bottlenecks Bedeviling Agricultural Value Chain —Dapo Olorunyomi

The Executive Director of Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, has revealed that the National Symposium on Agriculture, organized yesterday in Abuja, at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, in collaboration with the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), was designed to unravel the bottlenecks bedeviling the agricultural value […]

Nov 27, 2017 Read more

Organic Farming Can Contribute To Global Nutrition, Says New Study

Organic farming can make an important contribution to world nutrition, according to a new study, which says that a global shift to organics can contribute to a sustainable food system when combined with other measures. This includes a one-third reduction in animal products in human consumption, less concentrated feed and less food waste, says the […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Group Demands Prosecution Of Police Officers Who Brutalized Students Of Federal College Of Agriculture, Ibadan

The Oyo State chapter of Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has demanded the prosecution of all police officers involved in the brutalization of students and staff of Federal College of Agriculture, (FCA) and Institute for Agricultural Research and Training, (IAR&T), Moor Plantation, Ibadan, during Monday’s protest. The group, which made this demand in a statement signed […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Kaduna Govt. Reviews Agricultural Investment Plan

Kaduna State Agriculture Core Delivery Team (CDT) is reviewing the State Agricultural Investment Plan to attract local and direct foreign investment to the sector. The CDT in its November report indicated that the review would target information on priority crops such as ginger, maize, soybeans, tomato and rice being produced in commercial quantity in the […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Agricultural Development: Ajimobi Seeks CBN Support

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sought the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the agricultural development of the state, particularly in cassava and maize production. The governor made the call on Wednesday in Ibadan during the inauguration of the State Project Monitoring Team and State Technical Advisory team of the […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Ogun Acquires Tractors, Harvesters To Increase Food Production

Ogun State in collaboration with the Federal Government and World Bank has acquired agricultural equipment under the third National Fadama Development Project to increase food production in the state. The procured types of equipment are; four tractors and implements as well as a mini rice combined harvester. Adepeju Adebajo, Commissioner for Agriculture at the commissioning […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Nutritionist Wants Govt., Private Sector Partnership On Food Production

Nigeria can attain food sufficiency within a short time if the federal and state governments partner with the private sector to enhance agricultural production, a Nutritionist, Mr Larry Umunna, has said. Umanna, the Country Director of TechnoServe Nigeria Ltd., made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. The […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

EDHA ADHOC Committee Give Kudos To Okomu Oil Palm Plc

Chairman, Edo State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee on Companies Operating in Edo State, Hon. Chris Okaeben has commended Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc for its stride to complement government efforts in developing agriculture as the main-stay of the economy While lamenting the attitude of some of the youths who are still refusing to embrace […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Ethiopia: Export Reform To Boost Forex From Coffee

Ethiopia has come up with new export reform to boost foreign exchange earnings from primary export commodities. The reform is set to introduce value addition and new marketing system, improve productivity and reduce transaction cost. The country has been and still is highly dependent on primary agricultural exports for foreign exchange earnings. Despite having huge […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Ghana: Five Companies Support National Farmers’ Day

Five companies have donated food items, insecticides and an amount of money in cheques to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in support of the 2017 National Farmers’ Day Celebration. The companies are Wienco Ghana Limited, RMG Ghana Limited, Yara Ghana, Glofert Limited and Agro Limited said the donation formed part their Corporate Social Responsibility […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Florida Agriculture Still Reeling From Irma Damage, Relief Sought

Most years attendees at the annual Farm-City Week luncheon at the South Florida Fairgrounds leave with a box full of locally-grown produce such as sweet corn, green beans, peppers and radishes. At the annual event held Wednesday that didn’t happen. That’s because Hurricane Irma’s arrival Sept. 10 left Palm Beach County’s farms flooded and soggy, […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Chicago Agricultural Commodities Settle Mixed

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains closed mixed on Thursday with corn futures falling to new contract lows as lower-than-expected weekly export sales and abundant supplies weighed on the market. The most active corn contract for December delivery went down 1.75 cents, or 0.52 percent, to 3.365 dollars per bushel. December wheat delivery rose 1.5 […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Pakistan, Belarus Signed MoU To Boost Agri Cooperation

Pakistan and Belarus have signed a memorandum of understanding to step up cooperation in agriculture, with a mutual interest in establishing joint milk processing enterprises in the country. Under the MoU signed here on Thursday, the two countries will facilitate direct contacts between their private sectors for joint ventures in milk processing and whole milk […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

NSE: 2018 Budget Hints Opportunities For Agric, Construction Sectors

As the National Assembly brainstormed on the 2018 budget proposals of the federal government, there are indications that it may be of immense benefits to the companies under the Agricultural, Building Material, Construction, Power, Manufacturing sector on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Capital market analysts said these sectors would benefit much from the federal government’s […]

Nov 16, 2017 Read more

New Cowpea Varieties Save Benue From Poor Harvest

Two new cowpea varieties experimented by farmers in Benue State reportedly saved the state from poor harvest of cowpea this year. Cowpea farmers in the state had earlier expressed fear over what they called insect infestation of their farms. Daily Trust had reported that the tiny black-looking insects had affected the pod bearers, which threatened […]

Nov 16, 2017 Read more