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The Chairman of Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN), Kebbi State chapter, Alhaji Abdullahi Saidu Argungu, has described wheat as a crop suffering from calculated tactic by certain people in high places to frustrate local production. Speaking on the politics of wheat production in the country with Daily Trust at the just concluded National Agricultural […]
Players in the tea sector have raised concern over the decline in the quality of Kenyan tea as produce from Rwanda gains popularity. The researchers, marketers and brokers blamed the situation to poor storage in factories, farmers under applying or over applying fertilisers and low plucking standards, among other reasons. The acting director of Tea […]
My dear readers; permit me to digress from continuation of my last week article on recognition of 21st Century Inventors to discuss on “World Food Day celebration, Gate Keepers’ Report and their implications to Food Security in Nigeria”. This topic is apt at the moment to remind my fellow citizens of the impending food insecurity […]
Beneficiaries of the training and empowerment programme on dry season farming with some of the organisers from the Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, at the Igboho Town Hall after the training programme. A total of 168 farmers in Oyo state have benefited from an agricultural training and empowerment programme on dry season […]
Canadian canola carryout stocks at the end of the current marketing year (2018/19) will be considerably larger than an earlier estimate, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released on Oct. 19. Agriculture Canada’s market analysis branch forecast canola ending stocks for 2018/19 at 2.500 million tonnes, which would be double the […]
In the current season, the key suppliers of Black Sea wheat – Russia and Ukraine – continue enjoying high export prices and strong global demand for their commodity. In view of a decrease in the 2018/19 world wheat crop and rather unfavorable conditions for planting winter crops for the 2019 harvest, some grain growers decide […]
Cassava The Federal Government has launched Cassava Seed Tracker (CST), to bring together stakeholders and end users of cassava across the world. Besides, the CST, first of its kind in the world will also help to reduce the cumbersome and arduous paper-based certification previously used and set the country on a global map as a market […]
Food wastage is not acceptable anywhere in the world considering resources required to grow foods. It is more so in Nigeria where millions of people go to bed hungry and starved. FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, writes on how to preserve common perishable food crops, fruits and vegetables. Post-harvest losses could be described as a […]
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned that the continued killing of farmers will result to food insecurity in Northeast Nigeria. In a statement on Tuesday, Anja Riiser, NRC’s Area Manager in Maiduguri said the body was horrified by the killing of, at least, 12 farmers in Kalle village, Borno state, northeast Nigeria this weekend. […]
The Federal and state governments are working to create enabling environment that would allow herdsmen and farmers coexist harmoniously. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gave the assurance while declaring open the 55th annual congress of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association in Sokoto on Tuesday. He described the theme of the conference “The Veterinary Profession and Emerging […]
ADVERTISING The Nigerian Poultry Association (PAN) has denied rumors that the Bukhari administration has appropriated an amount of 2.2 billion kroner to compensate farmers and poultry farmers who have lost their investments due to bird flu. This was stated by the Director General of PAN, Dr. Anallo Akpa, at the current summit on agriculture organized […]
Cobbi State, Oxfam International, Mr. Olumide Ojo, on Monday, thanked the state government for investing 10 percent of its annual budget in the agricultural sector. Ojo gave praise during a press conference to mark World Food Day 2018 in Birinin Kebbi. Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 NGOs working with partners in more than […]
Government is set to increase wheat prices if ongoing negotiations with farmers’ representatives end well. The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) pays $500 for a tonne of wheat and indications are that the price might be reviewed upwards. In an interview with The Herald, GMB deputy general manager operations Lawrence Jasi confirmed there are negotiations for […]
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the head of Audu Ogbe, launched the National Action Plan for Women (PNC) for agriculture in order to create opportunities for women in Nigeria. The Minister said that the goal of the National Action Plan on Gender Issues is to build the capacity of women farmers to transition […]