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Umahi wins Governor of the Year Award in Agriculture

Governor David Umaha of Ebony won the Governor of the New Telegraph Award for outstanding achievements in the field of agriculture. The main spokesman for Umah, Emmanuel Uzor, who reported this during a briefing for journalists in Abakali, said that this is the fourth consecutive victory of the governor. The pattern explained that Umakhi, according […]

Brazilian farmers encouraged by moisture conditions to plant soy and corn

Brazilian farmers sped up soy and corn plantings this week for the country’s next grain crop, under favorable weather conditions and a positive market outlook, despite a sharp fall in soybean futures in Chicago on Tuesday. Soybean planting in Brazil’s second-largest producing state of Paraná reached 9% of the expected final area this week, up […]

Canada wheat production up

Wheat production in Canada grew by 3.5 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, according to a Statistics Canada survey based in part on satellite and agroclimate data. The survey, released on Wednesday, also said that barley production grew by 4.3 percent while oat production fell by 9.4 percent. Canola production was also forecast to edge […]

Mitigating Farmers-Herders Conflict Through Great Greenwall Initiative (1)

Political and social instability, which is not the main reason, may be associated with environmental degradation in some areas. Although the use of force in the struggle for limited resources is not new, some believe that the balance between acceptable and unacceptable competition was located, in particular in the Sahelian areas, which led to more […]

Group advocates more rural women, youth involvement in farming

Agriculture of women Chief Executive Officer of the Business Women of Nigeria Commonwealth (CBWN), Amoma Adigwe urged traditional rulers in different states to encourage more rural women and youth to participate in agriculture. She appealed to the press briefing organized by the organization to draw public attention to the activities conducted by CBWN, as she […]

CBOT wheat and corn prices decreased last week

WHEAT. Over the period under review (September 06-13), CBOT wheat prices lost 2.96%, reports UkrAgroConsult. The main bearish factors were the following: – rapid spring wheat harvesting in the USA (93% of the intended area compared to 85% – the five-year average); – publication of the September USDA WASDE report: raised world wheat production estimate […]

GIC to launch 3.5 million Euros farm finance scheme

[FILE PHOTO] Agricultural land German international cooperation (GIC) has revealed plans to start new financing for agriculture in the amount of 3.5 million euros for small farmers by November 2018. The GIC coordinator for the Green Innovation Center, Caroline Trimborne, who spoke about this in Abuja during a capacity building training for agricultural correspondents in […]

Reviving economy of Abia with agro-allied industry

cashew The head of the FEMI agro-economic office IBIROGBA and the correspondent of "Abia", GORDI UDEAJAH, represent the agro-industrial opportunities of the state of Abia in order to attract investors to the state. The achievements of the late Dr. Michael Okpar as the premier of the unspent Eastern region, especially in agriculture, appear to have […]

India Plans to More Than Double Sugar Export Aid

India, the world’s top sugar producer after Brazil, is considering a proposal to provide 45 billion rupees ($617 million) assistance to sugar mills to boost exports and cut domestic surplus next year. The government plans to provide a subsidy of 13.88 rupees per 100 kilograms of cane to sugar mills in the year starting Oct. […]

Pakistan delivers 280 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan

Pakistan has handed over the first consignment of 280 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan at the Torkham border, officials say. In April this year, ex-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced a gift of 40,000 tonnes of wheat to the drought-stricken country during a visit to Kabul. National Logistic Cell (NLC) General Manager Mazhar Iqbal said […]

Fears over ‘Killer’ palm oil

• Most of the oil in Lagos is rejected – Olatujoye • Unfair Cabal Responsible-Oyekoya Stakeholders in the Palm Oil industry are expressing serious concerns about the presence of falsified palm oil or "palm oil for killers" in markets across the country. The Guardian learned that some palm oil dealers took the dilution of the […]

Russia wants Morocco to cut wheat tariff

Russia’s agriculture minister has told his Moroccan counterpart that he expects the country to cut its import tax to 30 percent by the end of 2018 as Russia looks to develop new export markets. Morocco hiked its wheat import tax to 135 percent on May 11, and its rate for preferential trading partners — including […]