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THE Coordinating Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr. Vincent Isegbe, has said that Nigeria was set to resume the export of hibiscus (zobo) to Mexico. Dr. Isegbe made this known when the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Marco Antonio Garcia Blanco, paid him a courtesy visit at the NAQS headquarters in Abuja. […]
The New York-based company reported results for the quarter and nine-month period ending September 30 on Wednesday [October 31]. Net income for the quarter was $365m, up from $92m for the third quarter of 2017, Bunge reported. For the first nine months of the year, net income was $332m, up from $220m. Total segment earnings […]
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports that Ukraine has exported 65.7 thou. tons of flour by October 31, 2018. This figure is 57.6 thou. tons less than it was exported in last year’s comparative period. Since the start of MY2018/19, wheat flour shipments amount to 65.3 thou. tons, whereas other types […]
Soybeans were poised to post their biggest daily contractual gain on Thursday on hopes that a four-month trade war between the two wealthiest nations could be near an end. Soybeans rose 4% in a matter of minutes to hit a high of $8.73/bu after President Trump said he had made good progress in resolving a […]
UkrAgroConsult is glad to announce the first confirmed Speakers of the 16th International Conference ‘Black Sea Grain-2019’, which is scheduled for April 10-11, 2019 in InterContinental hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine. Among confirmed speakers: – Sergey Feofilov, Director General, UkrAgroConsult (Ukraine) – Dan Basse, President, AgResource (USA) – Erik Norland, Executive Director, CME Group (UK) – Elizaveta […]
As part of the efforts to reduce monumental post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has unfolded an improved multi-purpose solar dryer it calls multi-crop dryer. Dr Olayemi Folorunsho, Head of the Engineering Research of the institute, explained that the solar dryer is made of transparent acrylic polythene materials […]
Phorbee Dr (Mrs) Olapeju Phorbee is the Country Manager of the International Potato Centre and Senior Country Coordinator of Building Nutritious Food Basket in Nigeria. She explains to Head, Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA that crops-based approach to tackling malnutrition has been complementing other approaches. She clarifies that bio-fortified foods being promoted in Nigeria and other […]
Zobo plant The Coordinating Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr Vincent Isegbe, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to resume the export of hibiscus (zobo leaves) to Mexico. Dr Isegbe disclosed this during a visit to the agency by the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Marco Antonio Garcia Blanco, at the […]
The Ogun State government has promised to provide land to the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) if it was interested in medium to large scale farming operation. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo, made this known at the council’s annual World Food Day programme and the Global Church Week of Action on Food […]
FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2 601 million tonnes, primarily due to higher estimates for wheat production in Canada and China. Nonetheless, the new forecast remains 2.1 percent below the record level achieved in 2017. Global rice output this year is expected to surpass last year’s all-time high […]
The competition’s top scorer, nicknamed Forty, believes his side will carry on with their form to usurp their Calabar counterparts University of Calabar Malabites will be at the receiving end of, at least, a 3-0 scoreline in the final of HiFL Nigeria, boasts Ebuka David, University of Agriculture, Makurdi Tillers captain and competition top scorer. […]
On Gerrid Gust’s farm in Saskatchewan, favorable weather this year brought a bumper crop of high-protein durum wheat, the best in the past few years. The grain used to make spaghetti isn’t fetching the usual premium price, though. It’s stuck in storage because of restrictions on pasta by Italy, the world’s top consumer, and popular […]
On Saturday, the Calabar outfit face University of Agriculture, Makurdi in the collegiate games final in Lagos The University of Calabar are confident of beating their counterparts from Maiduguri to the maiden Higher Institutions Football League Nigeria title, according to coach Emmanuel Egrinya. On Saturday, both sides square off in HiFL final showpiece at the Agege […]
In a tough final, the Makurdi side defeated their Calabar counterparts on penalties to emerge victors of the maiden edition of the collegiate games University of Agriculture, Makurdi are the Higher Institutions Football Legaue champions after defeating University of Calabar 5-4 on penalties which succeeded a goalless stalemate at the Agege Stadium, Lagos. UAM Tillers […]
International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices, the United Nations said today. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 163.5 points in October, down 0.9 […]