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[FIL PHOTO] Community Meeting : FADAMA III AF II distribution of farm inputs The Federal Government, through the Fadama Additional Financing (AF) II, has commenced a review of the food security and livelihood support project activities of the six north-east states of Nigeria ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. The Federal Government had, in 2016, […]
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday said that access to finance was one of the most critical factor to the growth of the agriculture sector Nigeria. Fayemi said this at the opening of the two-day Agra Innovate West Africa Exhibition and Conference at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. “Of all […]
Sugar production in the European Union could drop sharply in 2019/2020 as farmers consider slashing plantings and switching to other crops amid depressed prices. European producers are not planting extra beet area and some are turning to other crops offering better returns, Martin Todd, managing director at LMC International, told the International Sugar Organization’s annual […]
Armed bandits that were flushed out after they terrorised villagers in some farming communities in Katsina State are gradually returning to the area, Daily Trust reports. Our correspondent in the area reports that normalcy was restored about five months ago following security measures adopted against the bandits. This made it possible for the villagers to […]
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) and the New Nigeria Commodity Marketing Company (NNCMC) have entered into partnership to facilitate trading in commercially viable agricultural commodities in the country. The arrangement, our correspondents learnt, might be the beginning of liquidity on the Exchange. Daily Trust reports that NNCMC was primarily established to improve the sale of […]
Farmers under the auspices of Coffee/Tea Association of Nigeria have cried out to the federal government to tackle the many challenges confronting the tea and coffee subsector in the country. Speaking with Daily Trust in Nguroje, in Sarduana area of Taraba State recently, the Secretary-General of the association, Dr Usman Hassan, lamented that both the […]
The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has warned that one year imprisonment or one million naira fine awaits anyone who sold adulterated sells to farmers in the country. Dr Olusegun Ojo, NASC Director-General, gave the warning at the 2018 AgraInnovate Conference and Exhibition in Lagos. He said that NASC was the governmental agency responsible for […]
THE Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has announced the commencement of compulsory inspection of agricultural products on federal highways across the country. In a statement issued by NAQS, it said the notice became necessary following the non-adherence of trucks to stop at control posts for checking by NAQS officials The statement reads “The Nigeria Agricultural […]
…says Ibori not far from Uduaghan in APCBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA – BORNO State Governor, Kashim Shettima, Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buahri’s chance of winning the 2019 Presidential election was brighter than it was in 2015. Kashim Shettima Governor Shettima who stated this while speaking with journalists in Maiduguri, President Muhammadu Buhari declared open the […]
As another week passes, the U.S. corn and soybean harvests inch toward completion, with southern row crops also making some inroads, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, which covers progress through November 25. The 2018/19 winter wheat crop is nearly planted, meantime, with the pace of emergence not far behind. Corn harvest […]
cassava chips THE Federal Government has kick-started the exportation process of cassava chips to Germany, through the Pacific Ring West Africa (PRWA) company. Speaking with journalists after the sealing of the container to be exported, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo, described the product to be very nice and tasty. Awolowo noted […]
Brazil sugar production between April 1 and November 16 would reach 25,13 million tonnes, decreasing 27% year on year. That would be the lowest for the period in 10 years, since the 2008-09 crop. The amount of sugarcane crushed in the first half of November in Brazil’s key Center-South region was expected to be 21,1 […]
THE smallholder farmers have been advised not to give in to politicians’ empty promises, but to vote based on issues in forthcoming elections. Teaching a select group of farmers’ cooperatives at the weekend in Owerri and Asaba, Executive Director of CARA Development Foundation, Mrs. Nnennaya Enyinna Emeremadu admonished the farmers to “do issue-based voting.” In […]
Mauritius reduced its forecast for sugar output this year for the third time as weather patterns aren’t favorable to sucrose formation. The Indian Ocean island nation will probably produce 320,000 tonnes of sugar this year, the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said in an e-mailed statement. Its initial forecast for the year was for 350,000 tonnes, […]
The Federal Government has a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Biocrops Biotechnology Limited targeted at creating 10,000 jobs in the country. Speaking on the occasion the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Bitrus Nabasu, explained that the signing of the MoU would lead to immediate production of Nigerian developed and […]