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The signing of the Biosafety Act into law in 2015 and the subsequent approval of the commercialization of two-way species in 2018 marked the willingness of Nigeria to play in the biotech league.The federal government laid all the necessary foundations for the Cartagena Protocol with the creation of a regulatory body – the National Biosafety […]
Iraq’s farmlands are declining due to lack of rainfall and depleted soils, a report by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics has revealed. Wheat and barley were affected particularly hard, the report said, but it also observed a general decline in the yield per acre of Iraq’s farmland due to “off-season rainfall and dust storms”. […]
The National Youth Corps (NYSC) has banned Benue State University and Makurdi University of Agriculture from sending its students to the compulsory annual national service. DAILY MAIL has gathered that this scheme provides for a two-year ban on both schools after the alleged discovery of negligence and evidence of manipulation with age. However, in response, […]
Edo Commissioner for Women and Social Development, Ms. Magdalene Ochenhen, urged women in rural areas of the state to lay the key to the state's food and agriculture initiative. Ohenen gave advice during a press briefing to commemorate Women's International Women's Day in 2018 in Benin, saying that the program is aimed at boosting economic […]
Frost and a lack of rain could scale back Argentina’s wheat crop for the 2018-19 season, which is currently seen at a record 19.7 million tonnes, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday. According to the exchange’s weekly report, a lack of moisture in the soil in northern Argentine provinces and late frosts in […]
Dr. Olusegun Makanjuola, the immediate former general secretary (South-West), the Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria, is the chairman of Global Wyse Limited, an agricultural consulting firm. He told NURUDEEN ALIMI in this interview, because the budget allocated for agriculture must be properly implemented. As a professional and major contributor to the agriculture sector, how would […]
LAGOS (Reuters) – Looks like the end for Adale Fatai chicken has arrived farmThe money ran. Built to house 30,000 chickens, … Source link
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the head of Audu Ogbe reiterated the need to increase food production to meet the needs, especially in Africa. Chief Ogbe spoke at the ongoing Global Group of Ministers of Agriculture and delegates at the 20th edition of the Russian agribusiness forum and the Golden Autumn 2018 agricultural […]
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has started receiving the 30 000 tonnes of wheat imported recently and millers who had temporarily closed shop due to the unavailability of the cereal are now expected to resume operations. The wheat was secured by GMAZ on an instalment prepayment arrangement. The wheat landed at Beira, Mozambique […]
Delta Govt. opens registration for flood affected farmers The Delta government on Tuesday announced that it had opened registrations for farmers whose farms had been washed away by a recent flood to record their data. Mr. Austin Ogoro, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, made this statement to commemorate World Food […]
Agence France-Presse An expert on agriculture, Mr. Tundji Ovoey, on Monday, called for training young people in mechanized agriculture to increase food production. Owoeye, who is the managing director of Elephant Group Plc., Called in an interview with the Nigeria news agency (NAN) in Lagos at World Food Day 2018 (WFD) events. This year's WFD […]
The police in Jigawa deployed a detachment of shock groups to stop even more destruction of agricultural land in the area of the local government of Kirikasamm in the state of nomadic shepherds. Police spokesman Jigawa SP Abdu Zingiri told Nigeria News Agency on Tuesday that state police commissioner Bala Senchi had mobilized a “huge […]
In an effort to provide quality seeds for farmers, as well as to protect the genetic materials of the country, stakeholders in the agricultural sectors reviewed and approved plant protection (PVP), laws aimed at protecting the rights of plant breeders (PBR). Speaking at the meeting, the Director General of the National Council for Agricultural Seeds […]
The wheat harvest is underway in the north of Argentina with early signs suggesting initial yields are already below expectations, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange has warned Thursday. Despite less than 1% of the crop being harvested, the effects of drought and then cold weather and frosts have become apparent, BAGE said. “The first yields […]
China’s summer grain yields dropped by more than 3 million tons this year compared with 2017, representing a significant decrease in production, at a time when Beijing aims to reduce its reliance on imports from the United States. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), total nationwide grain production in summer 2018 […]