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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has concluded plans for the training of over 200 Nigerians for the fabrication of relevant local agricultural tools and machines, to boost food production. Already, the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, has been put on notice to dutifully implement the policies targeted at the nation’s teeming youths. According to the […]
To ensure livestock are sold and bought in a more structured market, Ibrahim Maigari has opened Livestock247.com, an online a one-stop shop, for dealers, buyers and stakeholders to connect. Launched in Lagos, the platform, according to the Chief Executive Officer, Ibrahim Maigari, aims at bringing livestock dealers together and connecting them to buyers, ranchers, vets, […]
Cote D’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) Model, as part of efforts to revamp its agriculture and address its growing youth unemployment. The 10-man delegation was led by Karitia Caulibaly, Deputy Director of Cabinet, Ministry of Youth […]
Argentina is expected to harvest some 140 million tons of grain in the 2018/2019 season, the largest crop in the country’s history, according to Argentina’s Agriculture Secretariat. The result would represent a 25% increase on last year’s harvest of 112 million ton, government officials said, addressing the recent 3rd Conference on Agricultural Perspectives at […]
As the international price of wheat firms up, global supply and demand balance is going to tighten in 2018-2019. That forecast comes from the Food Outlook, a biannual report published by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. The global wheat production forecast is set to drop by 4.3 percent from the […]
Iran has emerged as the biggest buyer of US soybeans in August in the aftermath of trade tensions between China and the US, according to Baltic and International Maritime Council. According to a recent report by BIMCO, the world’s biggest international shipping association, Iran has emerged as the biggest importer of US soybeans in […]
Ethiopia provides a clear example of agricultural underperformance, as the country’s wheat production has consistently lagged other African nations. In 2012, Ethiopia’s wheat yields were 29 percent below neighboring Kenya, 13 percent below the African average, and 32 percent below the global average. To help address these shortcomings, Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency introduced the Wheat […]
AUSTRALIA is expected to export 11.5 million tonnes (Mt) of wheat in 2018-19, down 12 per cent from the 13Mt forecast last month, according to the November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released overnight by the USDA. Much of the fall has come from a drought-driven 1Mt reduction to Australia’s production […]
Mongolia can now fully secure its domestic demand for wheat and potatoes, the country’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry said Monday. Mongolia harvested a total 409,600 tons of wheat and 160,900 tons of potato this autumn, respectively up 172,600 tons and 44,500 tons compared with the previous year, the ministry said in a […]
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) in partnership with Kogi State Government is set to invest the sum of $350m into sugar production in the state. Leader of the delegation from NSDC, Alhaji Salihu Bkeke made this known on Thursday when he led a team of some foreign investors to Governor Bello at the Government […]
A report by Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture says that Egypt has imported 10.1 million tonnes of wheat from nine countries in Eastern Europe and Asia since January. One of the world’s largest wheat importers, Egypt imported nearly 7.1 million tonnes from Russia, the report said. In second place came Ukraine at 100,000 tonnes. Egypt cultivates […]
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The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Kolawole Salako, has revealed that the university has been translating theories into practical agricultural businesses to effectively realise its mandate of training the highest level of manpower for the all-important agricultural sector. The need to establish a town and gown relationship and correct […]
Adepoju Dr Adeshola Adepoju, Director-General of Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), in this interview, speaks with FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, on environment-friendly agricultural practices, ways to stem unbridled charcoal production, and sustainable techniques of intercropping arable crops with economic trees. Contributions to sustainable and environment-friendly agriculture?Let me start by saying that issues are […]
Photographer: Jose Cendon/Bloomberg • To create 550,000 jobs • To increase revenue by N4.353 trillion • To increase output from 230,000 to 714,000mt The Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) has again reiterated its 10-year agenda for the cocoa industry along the value chains. The agenda includes institutionalisation of cocoa economy finance products and services; maintaining […]