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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has advised the people of the North-east zone faced with challenges of poverty and hunger due to destructions caused by Boko Haram insurgency to see education and agriculture as the way to open doors of opportunities for them. Adamawa as well as other states in the North-east zone has suffered […]
As harvest picks up steam, so could the potential for price movement, as the market factors in changing expectations for this year’s production. Soybean prices have been on the rebound lately due to good demand, and expectations for dry regions of the Midwest are to potentially yield less than expected. On the other hand, if […]
Nigeria’s agribusiness in the sorghum cultivation is now amongst world’s leading position at number two after the United States of America, USA, which is the number one world’s leading producer. Vanguard inquiries showed that the world sorghum production is forecast at 59.34million metric tonnes in 2017/18. A breakdown of the data, obtained from the United […]
A civil society group, the Education Rights Council (ERC), has called for the immediate re-opening of the Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Ibadan. The group also called on members of the workers’ and students’ unions at the college to remain steadfast in the struggle for better public education funding. The college was, on Wednesday, ordered […]
Maize supply in East Africa is expected to remain restricted up to July 2018 due to Tanzania banning export of the grain to neighbouring countries. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has projected maize prices in Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda and Burundi will remain above average until July next year because of this restriction […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday declared that Nigeria may not be able to rise above its socio- economic woes and becomes great until it takes agriculture serious. Obasanjo said agriculture has the capacity to develop entrepreneurs and create millions of jobs for the increasing Nigerian idle population, lamenting that the oil sector which seemed […]
Anambra’s commissioner for agriculture, mechanization, processing and export, Afam Mbanefo has assured farmers in the state of the government’s continued assistance to through the provision of specialized hybrid farm inputs. Mbanefo stated this at Neni, Anaocha Local Government area, during the continuation of the disbursement of 2017 farm inputs by the Ministry to farmers in […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, told the National Economic Council yesterday that the nation’s agricultural export had increased by 82 percent in the first quarters of 2017. The minister said export earnings from agricultural goods stood at N30 billion within the same period. Ogbeh gave the breakdown of the export earnings from various […]
The federal government thursday held the maiden Nigeria’s Agricultural Joint Sector Review in compliance with the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) endorsed by African head of states through the AU New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). Nigeria and other African signatories of CAADP are bound to eliminate mounting poverty by increasing public spending and […]
The federal government has in line with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), articulated and identified 10 key prioritized projects set to double productivity and improve access to export markets in a sustainable manner. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this at Nigeria’s […]
The Nigeria Incentive Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) yesterday disclosed that it had successfully disbursed N2.63 billion to 24,732 rice farmers for the 2017 planting season. This, it said was in continuation of its mandate to facilitate the flow of finance to the agriculture sector and help achieve the objectives of the Economy […]
The wear and tear is evident, but the road has since been reduced to a bushy footpath laden with black jack and a combination of thorny grasses. Had it not been for the gate and buildings in the distance, it would have been difficult to imagine that this road leads up to the Shs2.8 billion […]
A Brazilian company plans to invest in the mining and agriculture sectors in Malawi. Costa Negócios, a Brazilian company working in commercial exporting, agribusiness and industrial building disclosed this through its Chief Executive Officer responsible for Africa, Danilo Danelucci, on the sidelines of an audience the company had with President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika at […]
The Republican-led Senate Finance Committee on Thursday set an Oct. 5 confirmation hearing for Gregory Doud, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top agricultural negotiator job at the U.S. Trade Representative. If approved by the panel and confirmed by the full Senate, Doud would become Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the agency – a position that […]
The government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have signed two agreements aimed at supporting farmers on issues related to climate change and improve competitiveness in rice farming, particularly in Iringa Region. The agreements were signed in Dar es Salaam yesterday between the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock […]