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The farmers Sunday urged the government to ensure starting of sugarcane crushing seasons on time besides increasing the support price of the crop as prices of agricultural inputs had increased. Talking to APP, a farmer, Rai Farooq said that government must take measures to ensure crushing of sugarcane on time as late crushing of the […]
Ever since women’s involvement in agricultural practices, many have not seen the development as a means of earning a living, but that of feeding oneself. However, the role played by women in meeting challenges of agricultural development in the north cannot be overlooked. It is on record that many women involved in agricultural practices have […]
Ministry of Agriculture plans to sow 154,100 hectares of winter cereal crops in 2018, including 140,400 hectares of wheat and 13,700 hectares of barley. Autunm sowing campaign covered 83,100 hectares or 53.9% of the campaign so far this year. At the same time, winter wheat was sown on 75,700 hectares of lands, winter barley – […]
NOA By Bolanle Lawal In continuation of the campaign to stop the deaths of millions of African children, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and UNICEF have taken the fight against Female Genital Mutilation to the grassroots. The agencies have advised mothers in Ekiti State to stop the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and tried […]
A recent report carried out by World Bank has revealed that the impact of unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies about US$ 110 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses each year. It said unfortunately a large proportion of these costs could be avoided by adopting preventative measures that improve how food is handled […]
The impact of the dry weather is having a massive impact on supplies. Australia has been one of the hardest hit countries. After two drought years in a row, Dan explained the milling wheat price is now at $450/t. The country is using its food-grade or milling wheat to maintain breeding stock and to feed […]
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is now forecasting the nations winter crop to be just 28 million tonnes. ABARE’s released a revised update on it’s predictions for the upcoming grains harvest, which has been prompted by lower than expected rainfall in September. With the Victorian crop predicted to be reduced […]
On October 18, Egypt purchased 470 KMT of milling wheat from Russia, Ukraine & USA to be delivered on December 11–20, 2018 at an average price of USD 252.56/MT C&F. The price in the previous tender equaled USD 253.24/MT C&F. The purchase included the following: Quantity, KMT Origin Shipper FOB ($) Freight ($) C&F ($) […]
There is tension in Taraba as over 750 hectares of rice farm in Dubale Village of Lau local government council, cultivated by Wal-wanne Nigeria Limited have been occupied and completely destroyed by armed herdsmen and their cattle. The farm coordinator, Alhaji Muhammed Musa in a press briefing yesterday in Jalingo lamented that the rice farm […]
Dr. Olaniyan Abayomi Dr Abayomi Olaniyan is the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan. He has over 30 years of experience in agricultural/horticultural research. He talks with the Head, Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, on challenges of agriculture-based research institutes. He says vegetable farming has the potential to lucratively employ […]
IITA World Food Day: Research outputs by Africa Food Prize winner, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and its national partners are helping farmers to come out of poverty, creating jobs and demonstrating the possibility of having a prosperous African continent, says the Director general of IITA, Dr Nteranya Sanginga today. Addressing stakeholders at […]
Matured Moringa seeds The saying that agriculture is profitable and sustainable is neither rhetoric nor a cacophony. Careful inward looking and proactive efforts in the agricultural sector truly have the potentialities. Income generation, employment creation and poverty alleviation potential of the sector are real considering the foreign exchange earnings from cash crops such as cocoa, […]
Some Asian flour mills are looking to lock in wheat supplies until well into the middle of 2019, potentially shaking off a years-long trend for hand-to-mouth buying as global output is set to drop for the first time in six years. World wheat supplies are forecast to tighten in the second quarter of 2019 as […]
One of the multi-billion naira Federal Government projects that is progressively going down from underutilization, lack of maintenance and upgrade is the Gurara Irrigation Scheme located in Azara-Jere in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The project, which was commissioned less than five years ago, is now becoming a shadow of its original vision. […]
An expert, Mr Ademuwagun Johnson, says cultivation of mushroom is a money-spinner in Nigeria. Johnson, who is the co-owner of A & A Integrated Farms, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said that most people were yet to explore its potential. He expressed regrets that people have not explored the […]