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Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) model as part of efforts to revamp its agriculture and address its growing youth unemployment, IITA has said. The 10-man delegation understudying the IYA model was led by Karitia Caulibaly, Deputy […]
For Dr Kabiru Abiso, October 2018 will remain indelible in his memory as that was when his over N50 million investment in rice production, on which he was already counting the millions he would reap as profit, was destroyed within the twinkle of an eye. The about 750 hectares of rice farm in Taraba State […]
ADVERTISEMENT Onions do well in well-drained fertile soils rich in humus with pH ranging from 5.8 to 6.5. Onions can be grown by direct seeding, which requires intensive management or a farmer can first establish a nursery bed. It is always wise to do a soil test before planting to know the status of nutrients […]
A poultry farmer in Minna, Niger State, Mr. Mathew Nuhu, has said rearing quail birds is one of the most profitable aspects of poultry farming. Mr. Nuhu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that rearing the birds was profitable because of the nutritional value of quail meat and eggs. He said, “Quails […]
Small-holder women farmers have appealed to federal and state governments to formulate policies that guarantee them to access and rights to land ownership. The women, under the aegis of Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), lamented that tradition in some rural communities often limits women access to productive land. “There is still a […]
Farm and agribusiness specialists taking part in the ongoing 11th biennial congress of the Africa Farm Management Association (AFMA) have described Africa as an agrarian continent which has its future in agriculture. The event, with the theme: “Revitalisation of African Economy Through Sustainable Agricultural Development”, hosted by the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, began in […]
Baba-Ari The Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) will begin the agricultural commodity exchange in the next two months, as revealed by Mrs Zaheera Baba-Ari, its Managing Director. A commodity market is a market that trades in primary economic sector rather than manufactured products. Farmers can sell their farm products immediately or exchange them for a certificate […]
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has secured enough wheat for the festive season and has started moving the cereal into the country from neighbouring Mozambique. GMAZ recently acquired 30 000 tonnes of wheat from international markets and the first consignment arrived at Forbes Border Post from Beira over the weekend. The association’s chairman […]
This is harvest season in the rich farmlands of the eastern Dakotas, the time of year Kevin Karel checks his computer first thing in the morning to see how many of his soybeans Chinese companies have purchased while he was sleeping. Farmers here in Cass County have prospered over the past two decades by growing […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria says the volume of rice importation into Nigeria (in metric tonnes) has declined drastically in 2018, judging by figures obtained from various official sources.Isaac Okorafor, Director, Corporate Communications at the CBN, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.Okorafor said figures obtained from India and Thailand, dominant rice […]
The Federal Government has dismissed reports by the United States Department of Agriculture World Market and Trade indicating an increase in the importation of rice into the country and decline in local production in 2018.The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed the report when he addressed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The […]
The country’s rice self-sufficiency level declined to 93.44 percent from 95.01 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to the PSA, the country’s Import dependency ratio (IDR) of rice increased to 6.56 percent last year from 4.99 percent in 2016. Rice imports went up by 39 percent to P18 billion in 2017.In terms of volume, […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said President Muhammadu Buhari and his Administration lied on claims that rice production had improved since coming into office in 2015. Abubakar said this in a statement by the Atiku Presidential Campaign Office. The statement reads: On several occasions, the […]
The federal government has denied a United States Department of Agriculture World Markets and Trade Report that Nigeria imported three million metric tonnes of rice in 2018. This was disclosed by the minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to State House correspondents yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Dismissing the report as fake news, […]
Nasarawa farmers have said that their support for candidates seeking elective positions in 2019 will be determined by their programmes for the agricultural sector. The farmers, under the aegis of Association of Small Scale Agro Producers in Nigeria (ASSAPIN), said that they would subject every candidate’s agenda to a thorough screening to determine their commitment […]