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Farmers in the country have commenced sowing of wheat in the country, key rabi food grain, with total area rising 58.7% on year to 914,000 ha as of Thursday, according to data released by the agriculture ministry. The acreage was also higher than the normal area of 143,000 ha for the period, based on the average […]
Country Manager, HarvestPlus Nigeria, Paul Ilona To boost Federal Government’s food security drive, the Country Manager, HarvestPlus Nigeria, Paul Ilona, has called for more investment in local food production to tackle malnutrition, which also affects economic development. He noted that Nigeria is moving at a slow pace in terms of economic development due to the […]
A Japanese company has broken ground for a $70 million vegetable oil plant in the New Orleans area. A news release from the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission on Friday says Fuji Vegetable Oil Inc. plans to process palm oil, palm kernel oil, sunflower oil, and coconut oil at the plant. The complex will also […]
Since the mid-2000s, North Dakota farmer Paul Thomas has planted more of his land with soybeans as China’s demand for the oilseed grew. The shift culminated this year when Thomas planted 1,600 of his 5,000 acres with soybeans, the most ever. But Thomas and many farmers like him plan to return to the old U.S. […]
Mongolia harvested 409.6 thousand tons of wheat, 160.9 thousand tons of potato, 93.6 thousand tons of vegetables, 117.8 thousand tons of fodder plants and 19.3 thousand tons of oil plants. Wheat harvest increased by 172.6 thousand tons, potato by 44.5 thousand tons, vegetables by 14.5 thousand tons, fodder plants by 57.3 thousand tons and oil […]
THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) has projected that this year winter wheat harvest will grow by at least 525 percent to 125 000 tonnes on the back of the Command Agriculture programme. In April, Government launched a 67 000-hectare Command Wheat programme, which at minimal yield was expected to significantly cut Zimbabwe’s cereal import […]
Global palm oil output will climb by nearly 2.5 million tonnes in 2019, although growth will slow in top producer Indonesia, industry analyst James Fry said on Friday. “Crude palm oil production will revive outside Indonesia in 2019, but Indonesian growth will slow,” Fry said in a presentation at an industry conference on the Indonesian […]
The New York-based company reported results for the quarter and nine-month period ending September 30 on Wednesday [October 31]. Net income for the quarter was $365m, up from $92m for the third quarter of 2017, Bunge reported. For the first nine months of the year, net income was $332m, up from $220m. Total segment earnings […]
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports that Ukraine has exported 65.7 thou. tons of flour by October 31, 2018. This figure is 57.6 thou. tons less than it was exported in last year’s comparative period. Since the start of MY2018/19, wheat flour shipments amount to 65.3 thou. tons, whereas other types […]
Soybeans were poised to post their biggest daily contractual gain on Thursday on hopes that a four-month trade war between the two wealthiest nations could be near an end. Soybeans rose 4% in a matter of minutes to hit a high of $8.73/bu after President Trump said he had made good progress in resolving a […]
UkrAgroConsult is glad to announce the first confirmed Speakers of the 16th International Conference ‘Black Sea Grain-2019’, which is scheduled for April 10-11, 2019 in InterContinental hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine. Among confirmed speakers: – Sergey Feofilov, Director General, UkrAgroConsult (Ukraine) – Dan Basse, President, AgResource (USA) – Erik Norland, Executive Director, CME Group (UK) – Elizaveta […]
As part of the efforts to reduce monumental post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has unfolded an improved multi-purpose solar dryer it calls multi-crop dryer. Dr Olayemi Folorunsho, Head of the Engineering Research of the institute, explained that the solar dryer is made of transparent acrylic polythene materials […]
Phorbee Dr (Mrs) Olapeju Phorbee is the Country Manager of the International Potato Centre and Senior Country Coordinator of Building Nutritious Food Basket in Nigeria. She explains to Head, Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA that crops-based approach to tackling malnutrition has been complementing other approaches. She clarifies that bio-fortified foods being promoted in Nigeria and other […]
Zobo plant The Coordinating Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr Vincent Isegbe, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to resume the export of hibiscus (zobo leaves) to Mexico. Dr Isegbe disclosed this during a visit to the agency by the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Marco Antonio Garcia Blanco, at the […]
The Ogun State government has promised to provide land to the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) if it was interested in medium to large scale farming operation. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo, made this known at the council’s annual World Food Day programme and the Global Church Week of Action on Food […]