Nigeria Agriculture News

Using block chain to boost agriculture

block chain is an emerging way for businesses to make and verify transactions, using...

Crude oil prices lost 7% last week

Over the period under review (November 08-15), NYMEX WTI crude oil prices lost 7%...

Britain’s sugar production will decrease by 23% — ABF

Sugar production in Britain is expected to fall to 1,05 million tonnes this season,...

Building national fisheries’ capacities –

A healthy fishery will go a long way in feeding a growing population, if...

Nigeria And A Workable Agricultural Policy

Nigeria And A Workable Agricultural Policy: That Nigeria is an agrarian nation mostly sustained...

COMPILED: The 45 Campaign Promises Of Atiku Abubakar

Former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday launched his...

Malaysian palm oil hits over 3-year low on weaker crude prices

Malaysian palm oil futures touched their lowest in more than three years on Wednesday,...

Global sugar production will fall about 9 million tonnes — USDA

The U.S. government on Tuesday forecast world sugar production will fall about 9 million...

Nigeria to begin rice export in 8 months

A Thai consortium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rice Farmers Association...

Poland. Corn production is forecast to fall 20%

Poland’s corn production in 2018-19 is forecast to fall 20% compared to the previous...

India poised to topple Brazil as the world’s biggest sugar producer

Brazil, traditionally the world’s top sugar producer, is poised to cede the crown to...

FAO kicks off distribution of seeds, fertiliser to farmers

The Country Representative of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN, Suffyan Koroma...

Obasanjo chairs zero hunger meeting in Sokoto

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo chairs activities of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum’s...

Gombe exchange centre disburses N300m loan to cotton farmers

The Gombe State Commodity Depot/Exchange Centre (COMDEC) has commenced the disbursement of N300 million...

‘Cluster processing centres for women, way to prevent post-harvest losses’

Dr. Gloria Elemo Professor Gloria Elemo, Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi...

Australia. Crops turn on a spring surprise as harvest continues

HARVEST  has progressed across Australia’s cropping regions, with many growers surprised by the good...

AfDB to facilitate $120m for agric tech innovations in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided $120 million to scale up adoption of...

Hope rises as stakeholders move to revive cotton production

Nigerians, especially cotton farmers, are expressing hope that the recent promises by relevant stakeholders...