Nigeria Agriculture News

Record-breaking WA harvest hits 15.7mt

IT was a record breaking week for the Kwinana zone last week with 7.7...

Nigeria rice mill hits 250 tonnes daily production

By Abolade OgundimuKano-based Amarava Rice Mill says it is targeting to record 500 tonnes...

Gunmen sets ablaze Ortom’s 250 hectares rice farm

Unknown gunmen have allegedly set ablaze 250 hectares of rice farm belonging to Governor...

Cabal And The Validity Of Evidence

Aside the popular phrase, ‘The Audacity of Courage’, only   very   few phrases  would  merit...

ANALYSIS: How Nigeria’s Agric ministry fared in three years of Audu Ogbeh’s leadership

As Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for more than three years, Audu...

How states cripple rural development, escalate food, herder-farmer crises, by Audu Ogbeh |

Audu Ogbeh. Photo: NAN• Says N12b ready for construction of ranches next month The...

‘Why we have issues with FG’s policy on bird flu compensation’

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed a new bird flu...

Saving Nigeria’s dwindling tilapia fishing sector

Nigeria’s tilapia fish industry is facing some challenges, a scenario that makes it fail...

FAO, WFO to help farmers drive global agricultural agenda

The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have...

Economic benefits of raising sheep

Raising sheep can be fun and rewarding if you have a small farm, or...

COFCO joins initiative to modernise global agricultural commodity trade operations

COFCO International Ltd is partnering with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Bunge Limited, Cargill...

How antibiotics in livestock farming places all at risk

…AMR to cost $32tln by 2050 — W/Bank   Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock farming...

Morocco maintains suspension of soft wheat duty until April 30, 2019

Morocco will extend the suspension of the customs duty on soft wheat for four...

Katsina farmers flood markets with produce

House repairs, marriage ceremonies and Christmas have triggered huge supply of farm produce to...

India. Wheat output likely to rise in India as acreage rises in key states

Wheat output in India, worlds’ second largest producer after China, is likely to increase...

How To Start A Rabbit Farming Business

How do you start a rabbit farming business? Are you interested in starting a...

China allows US rice imports for first time ahead of trade talks

China is allowing rice imported from the U.S. for the first time ahead of...

India likely to cut import tax on palm oil

India is likely to cut import tax on palm oil, a government source said...

U.S. soybeans drop over 1 pct on demand concerns

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures closed down over one percent on Wednesday,...