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The projected village of Igbeja-Snail should be 100,000 square meters of plant for breeding snails to group snail farms in one area with a capacity of at least 2.6 million kg of snails per year. Speaking at the signing of the agreement, in Ibadan, on weekends, the founder of FarmKonnect Nigeria, Mr. Aziz Oluvol, acknowledged […]
Nigeria's Birds Association (PAN) Head of State Kaduna distributed egg boxes to orphanages, hospitals and schools in Kaduna to mark World Egg Day. The association’s vice chair, Binta Adam, said the association decided to distribute eggs to emphasize the importance of eating eggs to Nigerians. “Our goal is places for the elderly, such as orphanages, […]
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu The government of Kebbi appealed to the European Union (EU) and Oxfam to help subsidize agricultural production in the state in order to make products competitive in the world. Governor Atiku Abubakar Bagudu did it on the weekend when he received delegates from the EU and Oxfam at the Government House in […]
Some ministries, departments and agencies (MDA), in collaboration with the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), reviewed and approved the National Biosafety Mainstreaming Strategy, which will further strengthen the biosafety regulatory regime and its inclusion in various sectors of the economy. Speaking at the awareness workshop for key politicians and decision makers in Abuja, Dr. Rufus […]
According to a commerce ministry study, of the 603 American tariff lines (items) on which Beijing has imposed extra duties in the range of 15-25%, India can ship out more in case of 44 items without much difficulty, as it currently has access to the Chinese market in these products. The ongoing trade war between […]
Doris Egberamen Doris Egberamen, Founder of Push Africa in an exclusive interview CHIBUZOR EMEJOR, spoke passionately about the activities of Push Africa, a non-governmental organization (NGO), and the role of government in solving the problem of thugs headed by hydra, among other issues. Excerpts: Could you give a brief history of your non-governmental organization, Push […]
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) praises the NAFTA 2.0 agreement, as it will facilitate greater market access, regulatory transparency and accountability. The US, Mexico, and Canada trade negotiators have reached an agreement to update, modernise, and replace the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). If ratified and approved by the 3 countries, the […]
According to the USDA forecast, 2018-’19 world vegetable oil production will probably rise more than 3 percent from the previous year to a record level of just less than 204 million metric tons. Palm, soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oil account for around 87 percent of that figure. Soybean oil is expected to see the biggest […]
Syria’s wheat production dropped to a near-30-year low because of weather and conflict, according to a UN report. “Wheat production this year fell to a 29-year low of 1.2 million tons, about two-thirds of 2017 levels,” the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated on Tuesday. The cause was two-fold – “an extended period of […]
An international organization, an open forum on agricultural biotechnology in Africa (OFAB), advised Nigerian farmers to use newly approved genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties to increase cotton production. OFAB Country Coordinator, Dr. Rose Gidado, gave advice in an interview NIGERIA NEWS in Abuja on Friday. She said that cultivating GM cotton varieties would significantly improve […]
RUSSIA has played a key role in sending world wheat futures higher over the past couple of weeks. Last week saw hefty gains in the US and to lesser extent in Europe as the trade became concerned about the potential for Russia to cut its export program, potentially through the use of hyper-strict phytosanitary requirements […]
Vitamin A Bio-Fortified Corn HarvestPlus Flags-off 2018 NFFThe Aliko Dangote Foundation reported that it had allocated about $ 50 million to address the problem of malnutrition in Nigeria and on the African continent. Speaking at the preview of the 4th Foods Food Fair (NFF) from the HarvestPlus stable, scheduled for November 7-8, 2018 in the […]
Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Olusegun Avolovo Like NACCIMA, NIPC Task Farmers at Agritech for Food Security It is believed that the North-West region of the country has the potential to receive from exports of cotton $ 2 billion to 2.5 billion dollars. The United States, but it will take from two to three […]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Ogbe praised CHI Farms and Zoetis for creating the City Laboratory, an ultramodern veterinary diagnostic center ordered in Ibadan, Oyo State. Ogbe, who spoke through the Director and Chief Veterinary Officer of the Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural […]
Sir Chigozy Chukwoodi Okafor (KSC, JP), chairman of the Dynatech group of companies, talked with DEBO OLADIMEJI about local production and how to develop the economy. How many of your products have been developed by you and which of them are in the franchise?In general, about 90 percent of the products that we distribute under […]