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The chairman, Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), Hon. Abubakar Mohammed has said the massive smuggling of rice into the country if not checked, will kill the huge investment of private sector stakeholders in the rice value chain. He added that the threat if not checked will kill off the investment amounting to over N200 […]
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, has said that Nigeria will soon stop the importation of wheat from Russia. . Abba-Ibrahim, represented by Amb. Baba Garba, Director, European Affairs in the ministry, made the disclosure at the end of the fourth Joint Commission meeting between Russia and Nigeria in Abuja on […]
East Africa faces a growing deficit of animal feed owing to increased production of livestock products and urbanisation Growing populations and incomes continue to drive livestock demand, which could grow as high as 50 percent in certain cities, particularly in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa. However, this has led to a […]
Analyst: Cattle Producers Should Stay On Alert A recent recovery in cattle prices (as of this writing, a rally close to $10.00 above recent lows) has many in the cattle industry breathing a sigh of relief. Yet, one has to acknowledge that the supply of cattle continues to remain large. In spite of good export […]
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said on Sunday that it effect a total ban on the importation of rice into the country by 2017. Chairman of Pearl Universal Impex Limited, Pulkit Jain, the new Emir of Borgu, Muhammed Sani Haliru Dantoro, Independent Director, Pearl Universal Impex , Kamal Pandey; Jubril Bokani Yeman, Consultant Community and […]
As Government Plans To Boost Research Into Local Production Of species. Audu Ogbeh, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development The Federal Government said a whooping $700m is spent on annual importation of fish in terms of foreign exchange. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh who disclosed this during a courtesy visit by […]