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…Farmers’ rush for pesticides hikes prices There has been massive cultivation of beans, also known as cowpea, in Katsina State this year. This is in contrast to what was obtainable in the state in the past years. Our correspondent in the state reports that in the past 10 years, farmers only planted the crop […]
Hordes of Quela birds coming from Baturiya wet land in Guri have destroyed a number of rice farms in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa State. This is in addition to the menace of a rice pest popularly known as ‘blight,’ that was already destroying rice farms in the area. Many rice farms in the […]
An agricultural expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has raised alarm over the spread of aflatoxin in local agricultural produce. Olawale, a researcher at the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN reports that Aflatoxin is produced by two […]
Brazil’s environment and agriculture ministers have criticized President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s plans to merge their departments, saying it would hurt the country’s agenda on both fronts. Bolsonaro has pledged to roughly halve the number of existing ministries in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and government bloat. He also vowed to merge the planning, finance and industry […]
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released details about the ongoing and expanding feed and food grain trade with Columbia Wednesday [October 24] in a Foreign Agricultural Service report. The US is anticipated to be the primary source for some feed grains imported by Columbia, including corn, in the 2018/19 marketing year (MY), said the team who […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says the Agrictech innovations will promote the achievement of sustainable food production and sufficiency in the country, if they are properly applied. Chief Femi Oke, the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of AFAN, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on […]
Paul Gbededo, is the Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. In this interview, he enumerated the challenges facing flour millers and need for government intervention. He said Government needs to encourage inclusive, sustainable and enforceable policies to encourage local investors. Excerpt. Paul Gbededo, Group/CEO, Flour Mills Nigeria Plc […]
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[KIGALI] Technological innovations such as use of mobile phones to aid farming are unlikely to increase yields unless strong institutions exist, an academician says. According to the FAO, a renewed focus on technological innovation is needed to promote sustainable agriculture. But some experts say that despite a big focus on technological innovation such as smartphone […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the achievement recorded in the country’s Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development headed by Dr. Audu Ogbeh, the honourable Minister. President Buhari stated this while playing host to some young political appointees to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wednesday night. The President said his grouse however […]
A cluster of five farmers’ cooperative societies in Umuuzu, Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra, has lamented the loss of about 70 hectres of rice farms to flood disaster. Mr Christopher Okwuosa, the Chairman of the cluster who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Awka, listed them as Ikedi, […]
…Governors agree on N22,500 By Henry Umoru & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, yesterday, dissociated itself from claims by organised labour that the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage agreed on N30,000. NLC NACCIMA said it only agreed to pay N22,000, adding that even when the Federal Government proposed […]
Egyptian state grain buyer GASC has announced its latest wheat tender for December 11-20 shipment, sources told Agricensus Thursday. It is seeking cargos between 55,000 mt and 60,000 mt of milling wheat, with the tender to close on Friday. In its previous tender, closed October 4, GASC bought three 60,000-mt cargoes of Russian wheat including […]
The Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority is set to commence the second phase of Songhai farm in Minna, Niger State. The Managing Director of the agency, Professor Mohammed Ali disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Minna on Wednesday. Professor Mohammed said the goals of introducing the Songhai farm model by the Basin […]
From left, Vice-President, Huawei Technologies, West Africa Region, Mr Frank Lee; Vice President, Huawei Technologies, Mr Xue Man; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, and the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Huawei Technologies and the Federal Government […]