India has opened its markets for US poultry

India has opened its markets for US poultry

US President Donald Trump has said that his trade and tariff policies have started working and many countries, including India, have opened up their markets for American poultry and agricultural products that were not allowed previously.

Exports of agricultural, food products from Iran grows by 15.3 pct

Exports of agricultural, food products from Iran grows by 15.3 pct

Iran exported 5.06 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $ 4.76 billion in March-December 2018, registering an increase in value of 15.3 percent compared with the corresponding period last year.

India. Govt food grain inventory at 45.4 mln tn as of Jan 1, up 27% on year

India. Govt food grain inventory at 45.4 mln tn as of Jan 1, up 27% on year

The government had 45.4 mln tn of food grain in its central pool as of Jan 1, more than double the fixed buffer of 21.4 mln tn, a senior official told Cogencis today. At this level, food grain stock is nearly 27% higher on year.

GMO opposition lacks basic knowledge, says expert

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As the Institute of Agriculture (IAR) Bt cowpea is about to be officially released for farmers in Nigeria, an expert in crops Genetically Modified Organism (GMO), Mr. Okon Unung has described those who are opposed to it as lacking prerequisite knowledge about plant breeding, saying one should endeavour to ask for their background whenever they raise the issue.

S Africa may miss corn-harvest forecast due to drought

S Africa may miss corn-harvest forecast due to drought

South Africa is likely to miss forecasts for corn output this year because dry weather has delayed plantings and possible frost at the end of the season may hurt the crop, the Agricultural Business Chamber said.

Bangladesh buying bumps up Australia’s chickpea exports

Bangladesh buying bumps up Australia’s chickpea exports

BUYING from Bangladesh has lifted Australia’s chickpea exports in November to their highest monthly level in three months, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

China's major grain-growing province pledges to secure food production capacity

China's major grain-growing province pledges to secure food production capacity

China's Heilongjiang Province will continue its efforts in securing food production capacity and enhance its green food production, according to the province's government work report.

Flour export can fetch Pakistan $1bln annually

Flour export can fetch Pakistan $1bln annually

Flour can be a fast growing foreign exchange earner if the government makes small changes in the regulations, which can help earn about $1 billion per annum through exports of the commodity.

Canada Government to invest $39.3 million in Crop Research

Canada Government to invest $39.3 million in Crop Research

Canada government, with the aim to drive innovation and discovery in wheat, barley, varied field crops and soybeans over the next 5 years, has announced funding of C$39.3 million.

SCALING AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY GUEST LECTURER DR. SAMSON ADEOLA ODEDINA. Lecture Delivered at the 20th Annual Lecture Series of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Alumni Association 19th January, 2019

DR. SAMSON ADEOLA ODEDINA.

SCALING AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY GUEST LECTURER DR. SAMSON ADEOLA ODEDINA. Lecture Delivered at the 20th Annual Lecture Series of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Alumni Association 19th January, 2019.

1. HISTORICAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(A) OVERVIEW
• Nigeria is predominantly an Agricultural society.
• Approximately 70% of the Nigerian population engages in Agricultural production at a subsistence level.

Modest increase expected in U.S. winter wheat acreage

Modest increase expected in U.S. winter wheat acreage

Given that wheat has been one of the better performing grain markets in the past year, it should not be a big surprise that the trade expects United States winter wheat acreage to halt the precipitous declines of recent years.

Soil science body inducts foundation staff

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The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS), a parastastal under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development established by 2017 Act has inducted its old and newly recruited staff at an organised event in Abuja.

Images speak at the Guinness Nigeria official launch ceremony of its Agriculture scheme called ‘’Grow with Nigeria’’ held today, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

Images speak at the Guinness Nigeria  official launch ceremony of its Agriculture scheme called ‘’Grow with Nigeria’’ held today, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

Guinness Nigeria over the last decade has consistently increased its use of local raw materials in the manufacturing of its various iconic brands such as Malta Guinness. Currently, the local raw material component in all our brands manufactured in Nigeria is over 80% with plans to grow this to 95% by the year 2022.

Ukraine’s 2018/2019 grain exports already totaled 25.7 MMT

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Ukraine had exported 25.7 MMT of grains since the beginning of MY 2018/2019 (i.e. since July) as of January 16, 2019, reports UkrAgroConsult.

Cities could play a key role in pollinator conservation, study

Cities could play a key role in pollinator conservation, study

Cities could play a key role in conserving pollinators, new research shows. According to a study published in the journal “Nature Ecology and Evolution”, residential and community gardens in urban areas are pollinator ‘hotspots’. “Urbanization is increasing globally, and it is thus crucial to promote management strategies that support key ecosystem services provided by urban biodiversity, such as pollination,” the researchers write.

Malaysia's December palm oil stocks up 6.9pc

Malaysia's December palm oil stocks up 6.9pc

Malaysia's total palm oil stocks in December 2018 rose to 6.92 per cent to a record high of 3.22 million tonnes from 3.01 million tonnes in November.

NGO seeks restoration Growth Enhancement Support Scheme

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The ActionAid Nigeria and the Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have reiterated the call by women farmers for restoration of the scrapped Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme of the Federal Government, initiated by the immediate past Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina for Nigerian farmers.

FG to take $1.1bn loan from Brazil for agric mechanization

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo

The Federal Government is set to implement ‘The Green Imperative’, an agricultural mechanization programme, with a $1.1billion loan from the Brazilian government. This news was monitored at  4.PM Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) news yesterday.  

Government’s post-Brexit agriculture scheme falls short of protection needed to safeguard environment, farmers warn

The government has pledged to pay farmers for preserving the environment, but some are concerned their measures will not be enough 

The government’s vision for post-Brexit farming does not provide enough protection for the environment, meaning food production is at risk, according to a farming group.

How satellites could help farmers deal with the risk of drought

How satellites could help farmers deal with the risk of drought

While drought policy raises many complex emotional, political and policy issues, it can be useful to think of it as an insurance problem: how can we best help farmers manage climate risk?

UN committee approves declaration on the rights of peasants

UN committee approves declaration on the rights of peasants

The UN has passed a resolution adopting a declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. On 19 November, a large majority of 119 countries in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly voted in favor of Resolution no. A/C.3/73/L.30, amongst them most Asian, African and Latin American member states.

Report reveals massive pension fund investment in farmland

Report reveals massive pension fund investment in farmland

Money from pension funds has fueled a massive investment in farmland over the past decade, with negative consequences for rural communities.

Climate change to disrupt agricultural productivity in the U.S., report

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Climate change is affecting the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, and human health and welfare across the U.S. and its territories, warns a federal report released on November 23.

Global burden of malnutrition remains unacceptably high, report

Overweight and obesity among adults are at record levels 

The burden of malnutrition across the world remains unacceptably high, and progress unacceptably slow. However, although the world is off track, the chance to end malnutrition has never been greater.

FG inaugurates taskforce against fall armyworm infestation

·       promises subsidy

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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has set up a task force to stop the fall armyworm menace currently ravaging the country so as to rescue 50% worth of maize valued at N147 billion lost to the pest menace across the nation yearly. The inauguration of the committee was done in Abuja, recently

UN General Assembly says 'yes' to peasant rights declaration

A victory for peasants worldwide 

The United Nations have finally adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. On December 17, a large majority of 121 countries, amongst them most Asian, African and Latin American member states, voted in favor of Resolution no. A/C.3/73/L.30 at the 73th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Soil management: stakeholders frown at bush burning

Prof. Victor Chude  Agricultural Extension workers during a two' day sensitisation workshop on soil management

 Agricultural Extension workers from across the country at the recently concluded workshop on soil fertility management and categories for profitability farming in Nigeria has emphasised on the need for proper monitoring against bush burning of farmlands saying the department of forestry needed to put policing measure in place.

Triple burden of malnutrition persists in Europe and Central Asia

Farm in Kyrgyzstan, a country with a high prevalence of undernourishment 

In Europa and Central Asia, significant progress has been made in reducing undernourishment over the past two decades. However, new evidence shows a stagnation of this trend, particularly in Central Asia.

Czech supermarkets must donate unsold foods, court confirms

Czech supermarkets must donate unsold foods, court confirms

Supermarkets in the Czech Republic must donate unsold products to food banks. On Wednesday, the Constitutional Court dismissed an appeal against a new amendment to the national Food Act, aimed at reducing food waste.

India mounts awareness campaign as maize-eating moth detected

fall armyworm

Indian agriculture officials have launched an awareness campaign among farmers about the fall armyworm moth and its management following the confirmation late last month that the voracious maize-eating pest has reached India.

African swine fever ‘devastating’ if it spreads beyond China

African swine fever ‘devastating’ if it spreads beyond China

Outbreaks of African swine fever reported from widely different parts of China over the past month have prompted experts, including from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to warn that the virus could spill into adjacent South-east Asia, with devastating consequence for hog industries.

Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment

A farmer harvests okra on his plot of land in Bidi Bidi camp

 Agricultural intensification rarely leads to simultaneous benefits for ecosystem services such as biodiversity and human wellbeing, researchers say.

Miyetti Allah says ‘We are not enemies to farmers’

* discards amnesty report.

National Secretary of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association, Engr. Salah Alhassan addressing members

 Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani Socio-Cultural Association has said that its group was never an enemy to local farmers in the face of ensuring food security, thereby condemned the report on amnesty submitted to the Federal Government (FG) as being hasty without full consultation to all the parties involved.

based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019

based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019

Picture-based crop insurance could make its debut in Kenya next year after a study in India found that it may avoid the pitfalls of other insurance schemes.

Images speaks @ the press conference of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association on Amnesty International report 2018 that held in Abuja today

National Secretary of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association, Engr Salah Alhassan addressing members

Software helps cut Indian cows’ methane emissions

Software helps cut Indian cows’ methane emissions

A software tool developed by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is helping balance the diets of 2.4 million heads of Indian cattle leading to increased milk output and reduced methane emissions, an international livestock conference heard.

Sugarcane ethanol benefits mapped out for Latin America

Sugarcane ethanol benefits mapped out for Latin America

Producing ethanol from sugarcane could reduce fossil fuel imports in Latin American countries other than Brazil, where sugarcane is already a big part of the energy mix.

Low awareness, high prices block progress on food loss

Farmers safely storing grains in hermetic bags

The technologies needed to curb food losses after harvests exist, and the first thing farmers need to adopt them is awareness that the problem can be solved.