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The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Onitsha Area Office yesterday disclosed its resolve towards developing and industrialising NIWA floodable plains and right of way for agriculture and cattle ranching. The Onitsha area office manager, Mrs. Uchi Amadi, disclosed this during a tour of Onitsha and Warri area offices by the NIWA managing director, Senator Dr. […]
Some Asian flour mills are looking to lock in wheat supplies until well into the middle of 2019, potentially shaking off a years-long trend for hand-to-mouth buying as global output is set to drop for the first time in six years. World wheat supplies are forecast to tighten in the second quarter of 2019 as […]
The Niger state government is to partner the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) in agricultural value-chain, off-grid energy and youth enterprises. The agreement between Niger State Government and USADF was reached during high-level discussion at the headquarters of the fund in Washington, DC. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary […]
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) has released new projections for the year of 2018 regarding agricultural production. These projections indicate a 4.2 % decline in grain and other agricultural products, a 3 % decline in vegetables and a 1.7 % decline in fruit production. Grain production is expected to drop to 65.5 million tons whereas […]
Four years after taking office, Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s goal of food sovereignty continues to be a work in progress. The president, known locally as “Jokowi,” believes Indonesians should be able to produce as much rice, corn and soy as the country needs. But the government’s decision to import 100,000 tons of corn for animal […]
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO said on Thursday it was seeking 475,000 tonnes of hard milling wheat in an international tender. The wheat should be of 12.5 percent protein content and is for delivery during January to March, 2019, a statement by SAGO said. The tender deadline is Friday, Nov. 16. SAGO Governor Ahmad […]
The Programme Coordinator, ActionAid Nigeria, Mr Azubike Nwokoye, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to strengthen agricultural extension services in the country. Nwokoye told newsmen in Abuja that plans by the government to distribute drought-resistant seeds to farmers might not yield the desired results without technical support to the famers. The ActionAid coordinator emphasised […]
[FILE PHOTO] Tractor The Federal Government has concluded plans to import more tractors that will help its plans for agricultural growth in the country. The government has also commenced the training of 30 youths on tractor operations and maintenance. According to Dr Yomi Kasali, who is the Executive Director of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), […]
Kebbi. Photo: BBC Castor seeds production is to receive a boost with the delivery of 500kg of hybrid seeds to Kebbi State farmers by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Abuja. Receiving the consignment in Birnin Kebbi, the State Secretary of the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN), Abubakar Bagudu Kalgo, commended the […]
[FILE PHOTO] A tomato processing plant in Nigeria The Tomato Processors’ Association of Nigeria has called for a review of the government’s new policy on effective implementation of self-sufficiency in production and local processing of fresh tomatoes into paste across the country. “There have not been any effect on the new policy as the market is continually flooded […]
Palm oil. Photo: GHH headlines Small-scale palm oil farmers from Africa and Asia have kicked against Europe’s never-ending anti-palm oil campaign. The farmers, also known as Farmers Unite, launched the Nigeria-based Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA), which will “be dedicated to fighting dangerous campaigns by Western politicians, the political elite, the media, uncompetitive oilseed […]
[FILE PHOTO] Fall Armyworms The Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Suffyan Koroma, has said that Army worms have caused agricultural damage worth $268 million (N76.48 billion). Suffyan disclosed this on Wednesday in a FAO Situation Report of November, 2018, released in Maiduguri. “Since first observed in 2016, the pest has caused […]
People load their possessions in a car as they evacuate the Ganaropp village in the Barikin Ladi area near Jos on June 27, 2018. Plateau State in Nigeria has seen days of violence where more than 200 people have been killed in clashes between Berom farmers and Fulani herders, Nigeria is facing an escalation in […]
ActionAid Country Director, Ojobo Atuluku The Justice, Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Ondo State chapter, has faulted the poor priority given to agricultural extension services in the state, warning that it will serve as an obstacle to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in 2030. The JDPC Director, Rev Fr. Damian Adesegha, said this […]
…It’s scary, farmers say Strange case of foot and mouth disease ravaging animals in different parts of Yobe State is scaring livestock farmers in the state. Cases of the disease were said to have been found in communities in Jakusko, Fune, Nangere, Tarmuwa, Potiskum, Damaturu, Fika and Gulani local government areas of the state. Breeders […]