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IT was a record breaking week for the Kwinana zone last week with 7.7 million tonnes of grain delivered so far for the harvest season. The zone received about 350,000 tonnes last week pushing it past the previous grain receival record of 7.5mt. This takes total receivals to 15.7mt up to last Friday. “Yields have […]
Nigerian flag By Abolade OgundimuKano-based Amarava Rice Mill says it is targeting to record 500 tonnes of daily production by June, just as it hit 250 tonnes to boost local self-sufficiency. Mr Subhash Chand, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
Unknown gunmen have allegedly set ablaze 250 hectares of rice farm belonging to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Daily Trust gathered that the estimated burnt portion of the rice farm located in the governor’s hometown of Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of the state, worth over N100 million. The manager of the farm, […]
Audu Ogbeh. Photo: NAN • Says N12b ready for construction of ranches next month The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, in this exclusive interview in Abuja, speaks with the Head of Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, on the levels of rice and other crops production; the farmer-herder crises and the way forward; […]
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed a new bird flu compensation arrangement in which only smallholder farmers with less than 3,000 birds would be compensated if affected with avian influenza. But the director-general of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Dr Onallo S. Akpa, in this interview, thinks the policy would create […]
Nigeria’s tilapia fish industry is facing some challenges, a scenario that makes it fail to register meaningful and sustainable growth. Stakeholders suggest ways to save the industry, DANIELESSIET reports. Nigeria has always been a major consumer of fish, and demand for fisheries products has increased in recent years due to health-consciousness of the citizens. With […]
The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have reaffirmed their commitment to help farmers become the drivers of the global agricultural agenda. The new FAO-WFO agreement will focus on supporting and promoting the key role those farmers and their organisations play in efficient, inclusive and sustainable agriculture and food […]
Raising sheep can be fun and rewarding if you have a small farm, or even in a rural home with a bit of available pasture space. They are docile, gentle animals for hobby farms. And they serve many purposes, such as providing meat, wool and even to sell during religious ceremonies. For many rural families, […]
COFCO International Ltd is partnering with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Bunge Limited, Cargill Incorporated and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) to standardise data and digitise global agricultural shipping transactions. Together, the companies are looking to increase transparency and efficiency for customers through digital technologies, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence. “We are pleased to join […]
…AMR to cost $32tln by 2050 — W/Bank Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock farming has raised serious public health concerns globally. In sub-Saharan Africa and particularly in Nigeria, it is more endemic among poultry farmers. Antibiotics are used for three main reasons: to boost the growth of the animals and birds; to treat […]
Morocco will extend the suspension of the customs duty on soft wheat for four more months until April 30, 2019, to maintain price stability and ensure regular supply, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The decision was adopted by the government council in order to maintain the import price of soft wheat at 260 Moroccan […]
House repairs, marriage ceremonies and Christmas have triggered huge supply of farm produce to Katsina markets, a situation that has resulted to a glut of maize and beans in the last one week. In the last raining season, many of the farmers lost either their entire houses or were partially destroyed by rainstorm, and they […]
Wheat output in India, worlds’ second largest producer after China, is likely to increase in the current Rabi season as farmers looks to bring more area under the cereal crop in the key producing states. The sowing this season has progressed earlier than the last year in most states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and […]
China is allowing rice imported from the U.S. for the first time ahead of trade talks between the two nations, Reuters reported Friday. Trade talks are scheduled for sometime next month, according to China. President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had announced that they would be halting the implementation of more tit-for-tat tariffs […]
India is likely to cut import tax on palm oil, a government source said on December 28, in line with New Delhi’s trade agreements with Southeast Asian countries. Earlier this year, India, the world’s top buyer of vegetable oils, raised the import tax on crude palm oil to 44 percent from 30 percent and lifted […]