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A total of 156 peasant farmers, taken from nine rural communities in the Ilorin districts of the Southern and Ifeloun local councils of the state of Kwara, benefited from the training program and the empowerment of agriculture during the dry season. A five-day program organized by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; and […]
What are the problems and prospects of agriculture in Nigeria? Read on to learn the main problems and ways to change the situation. Photo: theconversation.com The main problems of agriculture in Nigeria Today, the agricultural sector is one of the most important in the country, employing about 70% of the Nigerian labor force. But the […]
Last week, in Sheda, Abuja, the National Council for Agricultural Seeds (NASC) organized the 2018 Seed Seed Fair and Farmers Field Day, apparently to demonstrate what it has achieved since 2018 is gradually ending. NASC also used this event to officially launch its first molecular seed testing laboratory for the country. Since 2016, Fera is […]
China’s feed regulator on Tuesday proposed to cut the minimum threshold for coarse protein content in pig and poultry feed by 3%, which, if agreed next week, could cut the nation’s demand for soybeans by 10 million mt this marketing year. The state-approved China Feed Industry Association (CFIA) released two documents on Tuesday proposing a […]
… Be careful with middlemen, farmers warn The state of Sokoto has begun collecting millet calling for farmers to avoid middle men, who tend to buy large quantities from them only to accumulate grain and sell at a later time at exorbitant rates. Visiting certain areas of the state shows that the millet harvest continues […]
Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana, a native of Brazil and Paraguay. Dr. Ibrahim Husaini Dogo, Director General of the Council for Raw Material Research and Research (RMRDC), in this interview explained why Nigeria should fully adopt its production for the production of bio-sugar. […]
By Ebere Agozie Abuja – Some ministries, departments and agencies (MDA), in collaboration with the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), reviewed and approved the National Strategy for Inclusion in Biosafety. The exercises are aimed at further strengthening the biosafety regulatory regime and its inclusion in various sectors of the economy. The document, which was developed […]
This summer’s drought has led to a significant drop of total EU cereal production, estimated at 8% below the last five-year average. This is just one of the findings of the latest short-term outlook report, published on October 3 by the European Commission. The report highlights that EU total cereal production for 2018 is expected […]
the flood European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS Ketil Carlsen said the union approved one million euros (N400 million) to help three of the nine flood-affected countries in the country. Carlsen at the joint press conference of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the European Commission in Nigeria on Friday in Abuja […]
President Donald Trump has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to expand sales of corn ethanol, a senior White House official said on Monday, delivering a gift to farm state Republicans a month before the midterm elections. The move ends months of bitter behind-the-scenes fighting between corn backers and the oil industry over Trump’s calls to […]
Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano The deputy governor of Kano state, Alhaji Nasir Yusuf Gavuna, expressed regret that many farmers in the state who benefited from revolving loans could not recoup and affected others who also wanted to receive loans. File: rice farmers Speaking at the opening ceremony of the third edition of the International Exhibition Agric […]
Although barley export price increased in the 2017/18 season, global imports of the commodity closed this past season above expectations of many market experts. Another drop in the world’s crop in 2017 did not prevent major suppliers from expanding barley shipments by 5% against the previous season, UkrAgroConsult’s analysts note. Noteworthy is that Russia became […]
But Việt Nam has imported wheat for many decades from these countries and there has not been an adverse impact on the environment, and other countries such as Thailand and Malaysia, big importers of US wheat, have not banned it either, Chi said. There has been no research on the impacts of the weed on […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo called for job creation for young people, especially in the agricultural sector, to tackle unemployment in Nigeria. Mr. Obasanjo gave advice on Thursday, speaking about the topic “Unemployment in Nigeria: way out” at the job fair at Obafemi Avolovo University, Ile-Ife. He said that there are jobs across the country, especially […]
Stakeholders and farmers converge at Tudun Wada, Nasarawa state, on October 16 for the National Agricultural Exhibition to develop a strategy and discuss how to increase value added and exports. National Coordinator of the National Agricultural Fund (NAFN), Dr. Samuel Negedu, told reporters in Abuja that the discussion was aimed at raising awareness to ensure […]