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Kano, Niger and Kebbi countries won the best exhibitors at the 2018 National Agricultural Exhibition. Representing awards to exhibitors, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, said that states are actively involved in crops, fisheries, large and small ruminants at the exhibition. He appreciated the recipients of the awards and encouraged others […]
[FILE PHOTO] Oudha Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture of Nigeria The federal government commended Nigerian women farmers for contributing at least 70% to national food production. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, expressed his gratitude by attaching the National Gender Action Plan (NGAP) for agriculture to build the capacity of Nigerian women. The minister said […]
AfBR President, Akinwumi Adesina Increasing the participation of young people in profitable agriculture and agribusiness is crucial for sustainable agricultural development. For Miriam Ahuna Ofaze, a young processor at the National Root Culture Research Institute in Umudik, Abia, there is now nothing between her and her goal of becoming a successful agribusiness entrepreneur. Thanks to […]
Sunflowers in southern Manitoba are starting to come off and early indications point to very good quality. Ben Friesen, manager of the sunflowers, flax and bird food division for the Scoular Co. in Winkler, said although only a few samples have come in, what he’s seen so far is promising. Sunflower growers normally […]
The European Union’s total cereal production for 2018 is expected to be 284.3 million tonnes, which is a five-percent decline from 2017-18 and eight percent lower than the last-five-year average. | Chris McCullough photo Soaring hot temperatures and extreme lack of rain this summer throughout Europe has caused an estimated eight percent drop in total […]
Planting area for Argentina’s 2018-19 soy crop is seen at 17.5 million hectares, the secretary of agriculture said on Thursday, higher than the 17.2 million hectares of soy planted in the 2018-19 season. The government also reported there was no change in expected planting area for the 2018-19 wheat or corn harvest. The government […]
With the country this year expecting to produce 140 000 metric tonnes of wheat against a national requirement of 400 000 metric tonnes per year, the government has moved in to help in acquiring irrigation machinery and combine harvesters for The country’s wheat tonnage continues to decline. Last year 158 000 metric tonnes […]
Brigadier General. Abdulamalik Biu, acting general officer, commander of the 7th division, said that the rebels attacked a group of people harvesting the remaining agricultural products and killed two of them. The Nigerian Army on Saturday reported that two people were killed by Boko Haram militants in the village of Kuva-Yanveva on Maiduguri-Damboa Road in […]
The Agric exhibition is on display at the World Food Fair in Lagos, Lagos. • BATNF supports farmers • More than 821 million people starve around the world• Ambode repeats commitment to economic diversification• Stanbic IBTC allocated N50b to support agriculture Signs of food insecurity around the world mean that by 2030, significant work remains […]
Heineken lokpobiri How pirates hack ship, kidnap 3 Korean crews in Ghana, Nigerian waters Senator Heineken Lockpobiri, Senator Heineken Lockpobiri, who doubles as president of the Western Central Bay of Guinea Fisheries Committee (FCWC), advised member countries to ensure that all vessels adjacent to the coastal waters of the region have a vessel monitoring system […]
The agrarian trading company from Dnipro plans to acquire a stake in the authorized capital of the Berezinsky and Kulevchansky grain-producing integrated works. The agreement provides the buyer with an excess of 50% of the votes in the supreme governing body of both enterprises. A subsidiary of the Swiss commodity trader Glencore International, […]
Spear farmers in the state of Benue receive income from improved cowpea production to improve the lives of their households and bridge the economic gap in their communities. Wilfred Adogo, a low-income native, no longer suffers from family hunger since he ventured to produce grape seeds on his spacious farmland along the Gbajimba Road in […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Poultry Farmers Association (PAN), Dr. Onalo Akpa, said that the Nigerian poultry farmer has taken a significant profit in the last four to five years because of the high cost of costs. PAN DG said this at a press conference recently held to mark World Egg Day in Abuja. […]
Seventy percent of the 95% of small farmers who feed the nation are women, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Ogbe. The minister, who did this at the opening of the First Unity Food Fair, organized by the National Council for Women (NCWS) to mark World Food Day (WFD), said that Nigerian women […]
The Farmers Meeting (MTFC) conference, aimed at exposing exporters of agricultural products to Nigeria to the inherent agrarian market in Dubai, ended in Lagos, organizers mourned the existing gaps between Nigeria and Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The conference, organized by Crenov8 Consulting, brought together Nigerian farmers, exporters and other stakeholders in the agro-export value […]