Nigeria Agriculture News

Protecting livestock, crop farms from fire outbreaks

Fire outbreaks have the history of leaving behind losses not only of property, but...

US wheat exports cut by 25 million bushels

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service released its Situation and Outlook Report...

FG approves N700m for completion of Farin Ruwa Dam project

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources, on Wednesday said Federal Government has approved N700...

CSOs protest influx of GMOs products into Nigeria |

Fruits And Vegetables Photo Credit: Burn It Off By ChrissyA coalition of...

China buys five US soybean cargoes, up to 14 talked

Chinese state-owned industries returned to buy US beans on Tuesday, with at least five...

Farmers target 25 million MT of maize production next year 

THE National President of Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), Bello Abubakar said that the...

Rural Spark Signs New Partnership in Nigeria

On Thursday the 13th of December Tolu-tope Dade, CEO of Smartpower and Shagun Jain...

Netherlands Intensifies Ties with Nigeria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Stef Blok, paid...

Pakistan. Area under wheat lags by 0.822 million hectares

Water deficit coupled with sugar mills operational drag has cut down the area under...

Food Connection Challenge, 2018

Early this year the Food Connection Challenge called upon SMEs in Nigeria to submit...

12m farmers donate N100 each to support Buhari’s return bid

  No fewer than 12 million farmers have pledged to contribute N100 each to support...

Who will become the world’s second biggest wheat exporter after Russia?

According to USDA estimates, wheat stocks in the top eight exporters (Australia, Argentina, Canada,...

EU becomes net grain importer for first time in more than 10 years

The European Union has become a net importer of grain for the first time...

Malaysia-India deal on import duty may hit Indian edible oil industry hard

In a major worry for farmers, oilseed prices are set to decline due to...

16 councils absent as Katsina flags off Agric show

ADVERTISEMENT Kafur and Katsina, respectively the local governments of both Katsina...

UkrAgroConsult working schedule during New Year and Christmas holidays

Dear UkrAgroConsult visitors, please take a look at our company's schedule during New Year...

Commodity Price Between December 05 – December 12, 2018

Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance 12-Dec-18 Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Dawanau Market, Kano State.                    Beans (White) 100Kg 18,800 Tier 470 193 19,733 493 -933 -23 Garri (White) 60Kg 7,000 Tier 250 134 7,200 257 -200 -7 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 20,667 Tier 517 251 20,000 500 667 17 Maize (White) 100Kg 9,067 Tier 230 91 9,000 225 67 5 Millet 100Kg 9,333 Tier 227 88 9,000 225 333 2 Onion (Violet) 100Kg 12,000   - - 9,333 - 2667 - Palm oil (Red) 25Ltr 10,400 Bottle 450 600 10,400 450 0 0 Rice (Imported) 50Kg 14,167 Tier 967 322 14,333 983 -166 -16 Sorghum (Red) 100Kg 8,933 Tier 223 87 9,600 240 -667 -17 Soya Beans 100Kg 13,000 Tier 325 145 12,933 323 67 2 Tomatoes...

India. Planting of rabi pulses is 10% behind last year

The planting of rabi pulses in India is still behind last year due to...

Western Australia intake hits 13Mt as harvest passes peak

GRAIN RECEIVALS from the Western Australian harvest to date have hit 13 million tonnes...