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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to hike the minimum support price (MSP) for rabi crops to one and a half times of the production cost as was promised in the Budget 2018. The MSP hike in rabi crop follows a similar hike approved for Kharif crops earlier. The cabinet has approved wheat […]
Agriculture constitutes the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy and the majority of the population depends on it. It contributes about 24 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), accounts for half of the country’s employed labor force, and is the largest source of foreign exchange earnings. It feeds the whole rural and urban populations of Pakistan. […]
Aminu Tambuval. Photo: Twitter / SokotoGovtHouse IFAD distributes cash: The support program of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support IFAD-CASP on Sunday distributed cash and pet to five farmers in Sokoto. Presenting the points to the beneficiaries, the Governor Aminu Tambuval of Sokoto described the IFAD as a formidable […]
India’s cabinet is set to raise the state-mandated prices for winter-sown crops such as wheat later on Wednesday, two government sources said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to tackle rising discontent among farmers amid a price slump. The government announces minimum support prices (MSPs) for most crops yearly to set a benchmark, although state […]
According to the European Commission, in the current marketing year the EU reduced compared to the corresponding period of the previous season, the export of wheat by 32%, from 5.7 to 3.9 million tons, but increased its imports by 24% (from 758 to 938 thousand tons. Export of soft wheat in comparison with the previous […]
WHEAT IMPORTS by flour millers are expected to be little changed this year with demand for wheat products tempered by the commodity’s high price on world markets. “I can project that imports will be flat this year at 2.6 million metric tons (MT) same as last year’s total,” Philippine Association of Flour Millers, Inc. executive […]
Multi Trex Integrated Foods Plant, Ibadan-Lagos Expressway PHOTO: Femi Ibirogba • 5% cocoa – 140 billion dollars accounted for Africa, despite 70% of world production• Nigeria loses $ 100 billion for the impossibility of exporting large-scale products More than 84,000 Nigerians have lost jobs in the cocoa pulp industry, while about 16 companies have grown […]
So far, only a few Nigerians have embraced a greenhouse, perhaps because of its cost. But today, Wells Hosa GreenHouse Farm Limited, located in the state of Edo, is showing the way for year-round farming in Nigeria. Wells Hosa GreenHouse, owned by Captain Idahose Wells Okunbor (retd), last month, began her first harvest of her […]
The ProtectOzone Sustainable Living Initiative NGO called on the federal government to create cold rooms from solar technology to lengthening nutrients and shelf life of products. Olakekan Sipasi, the founder of the organization, called in an interview with the Nigeria News Agency (NAN) in Lagos. Sipashi said that the call became necessary because cold stores […]
Tomato Farm Farmers, industrialists, and financial experts in the agribusiness industries have appealed to the federal government to simplify the processes and requirements for access to agricultural finance. They responded to calls for layers of obstacles that inexperienced farmers face when going for loans as individuals or cooperatives. Although the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]
Shema Aimable is an official member of the National Council for the Development of Agricultural Exports in Rwanda (NAEB), responsible for livestock products for export. He led a country delegation representing members of the multiparty beekeeper platform in Rwanda (RAMP) of the just-concluded sixth ApiExpo Africa, Abuja, to demonstrate and demonstrate how the honey industry […]
… establishes the governing board of the institute The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, head of Audu Ogbe, said that there is an urgent need for a well-planned scientific soil management strategy to control or prevent degradation for the continuous use of soil for increasing and sustaining crop production. The minister said this in […]
Dr. Paul Ilona Harvest-Plus Nigeria has denied that it is part of the estimated $ 200 billion worth of crop bioinformation, according to some daily newspapers. The leader of the Harvest-Plus Nigeria country team, Dr. Paul Ilona, said that the publication was unjustified and came from those who are prone to the malignant image of […]
Dr. Mkabwa Manoko of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, said that bee venom can be used to kill the deadly viruses in the body. Dr. Manoko, also head of the department of agricultural sciences and beekeeping at the university, said this in an interview with the Nigeria News Agency (NAN) on the sidelines […]
Alhaji Sani Zaburan, a small farmer, chose the “All Progressive Congresses” (APC) ticket on Saturday to challenge the elections in the state of Kaugam in 2019 after defeating the current legislator Usman Masaki. Zaburan, a sesame farmer in the area, was chairman of the Kaugama Local Government Area in 2002. Election Commission Chairman Alhaji Auvalu […]