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The government has procured 16.51 million tonnes of rice so far in the current 2018-19 marketing year and the total quantity is likely to surpass the target, a senior Food Ministry official said Tuesday. The rice procurement target set for this year was 37 million tonnes. The government had procured 38.18 million tonnes during the […]
FEDERAL Government has indicated interest to partner with private investors in the area of irrigation in order to achieve food sufficiency in Nigeria. The Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this when he received a delegation of Future Pump Limited, led by the Managing Director, EuroBase Ltd, Mr. Don Ekesiobi […]
President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ trade policies have led to a 94 per cent cut in US soybean exports to China, forcing farmers in America’s midwest to stockpile crops and hope relief comes before the rot. After decades in which American soybean farmers were able to build considerable business by selling a huge share of […]
THE Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) have expressed displeasure over the recent move by a company, Grand Cereal Limited, to import Maize into the country for industrial purpose. Recently, Grand Cereal Limited had written to the National Biosafety Management Agency, (NBMA), requesting for a permit to import Maize into the country. Meanwhile, the when Nigerian […]
U.S. farmers already hurt by the tariffs spat with China are now contending with a big-time drop in how much they get for damaged soybeans after a wetter-than-usual harvest. Cargill Inc., Louis Dreyfus Co., Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and CGB Enterprises have tightened guidelines on the quality of beans accepted at some grain elevators in the lower […]
FARMERS in Ibadan have received tutelage from Agric Investors and Resources Development Forum (AIRDEF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on the production of tomato, bitter kola, sheabutter, kenaf and other farm crops. While speaking with the Nigeria Tribune on the sideline of a seminar put together by AIRDEF themed: Soil and grass: Building potentials, which held […]
Australia’s grain producers have scoffed at a move by China to launch an anti-dumping investigation into billions of dollars in barley imports from Australia saying they fear it is politically motivated after Canberra signed security and infrastructure deals to counter Beijing’s influence in the Pacific. “Frankly, Australia wouldn’t be dumping barley in China because it’s […]
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has entered into a partnership with the government of Sudan on cassava transformation through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). As contained in a press statement by the IITA, The MoU was signed when a presidential delegation from Sudan paid a familiarisation visit to IITA in […]
Nigeria is losing about a half kilometre of its land mass annually to desert encroachment and time is of the essence before the entire country becomes a desert. The Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Muktari Aminu-Kano, raised the alarm in Lagos on Sunday. He made the disclosure at the 2018 edition of the Green […]
The International Sugar Organization on Thursday sharply reduced its forecast for an expected global sugar surplus for the 2018/19 season, cutting production outlooks for Brazil, India, Pakistan and the European Union. The inter-governmental body, in a quarterly report, forecast there would be a global surplus of 2.17 million tonnes in 2018/19 (October/September), down from a […]
By Godwin OritseDESPITE its global leadership position in the production of yam and cassava tubers, shea nuts cocoayam, Sorghum melon seed, kola nut and other agricultural produce, Nigeria is not listed in the world Export market. A fully loaded truck in one of the inland dry ports in the sub-region, will be delayed, harassed for […]
Brazil’s record soy exports to China could grow further, an Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters, as the Asian nation’s trade war with the United States boosts its demand for South American beans. Odilson Ribeiro e Silva, vice minister of international affairs, traveled to China this month and said he hopes the high demand will also […]
Mrs. Ochuko Momoh By Obinna Chima The Chief Executive Officer of Blaid Farms, Mrs. Ochuko Momoh, has called for increased lending to the agriculture sector in Nigeria. This, according to her, would enable the country tap from the rich potential that abounds in the sector. Momoh, whose farm sits on 48 hectares of land in […]
Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello continued his investment drive in the United Kingdom when he met with the Osprey Investment Group to advocate for infrastructure development. The meeting was a continuation of an earlier meeting between the Niger State Government and the Osprey Group in Abuja. At the organisation’s headquarters in London, Governor Sani-Bello said […]
With the country reeling under the massive financial and administrative cost of carryover wheat stocks — currently close to nine million tonnes — for the last few years, policymakers are coming under pressure to divert a part of the area under wheat cultivation to other crops like pulses, canola and sunflower to diversify the crop […]