Biopesticides Market to Boost at 9.9% from 2015 to 2023, global Agriculture Industry driving the market growth: Transparency Market Research

global biopesticides

 According to a new research report published by Transparency Market Research global biopesticides market was valued at US$1.72 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach US$4.17 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 9.9% from 2015 to 2023. North America is expected to dominate the global biopesticides market in terms of demand over the forecast period.

Olam increases its stake in the Nigerian flour industry

Olam International Ltd

Olam International Ltd, a Singapore-based agriculture company, acquired BUA Group, one of Nigeria’s bigger flour producers, on Tuesday, for $275 million, increasing its stake in the country’s active sector.

Nigeria can produce 10m tons of rice yearly-IFAD president

President of International Fund for Agricultural Development

President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Dr. Kanayo  Nwaeze, has said Nigeria has the ability to produce 10 million tons  of rice yearly,  if the necessary equipment and infrastructure is put in place.

China to Hold First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops

Root and Tuber Crops

The International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) and The Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) have partnered with the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences (CATAS) and the Guangxi Cassava Research Institute to organise the first World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops, which is scheduled to hold in Nanning, Guanqxi, China, from January 18 to 22.

BOSCH, UNIDO, stakeholders chart way for cassava marketing

cassava

BOSCH, a global supplier of technology and services in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, has organized a stakeholders’ consultative meeting in Lagos with farmers to discuss the prospect, challenges and marketing opportunities for cassava production in the country.

Amid drought, Africa reviews GMO crops

Farmers

The drought, which extends to South Africa, the continent’s biggest maize producer, has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern and follows dry spells last year that affected countries from Zimbabwe to Malawi.

AfDB, Nigeria to spend $300m on youth agric scheme

Akinwumi Adesina

The African Development Bank, AfDB and the Federal Government of Nigeria are planning for long-term solutions to youth employment in the agricultural sector. They will spend about $300m on the Enable Youth Empowerment Agribusiness Programme.

Agriculture Minister Promises to improve the sector

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has condemned the movement of the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike and two others under the ministry of Agriculture to the Education ministry without any amendment in the Act establishing them.

Empowering women key to combating climate change, expert says

Dr Nawal Al Hosani speaking about women and sustainability at an event held on the sidelines of the COP21 climate change summit t

 Abu Dhabi: Empowering women is the best way to combat global warming, an expert has said. “Not only do women better understand the harmful effects of climate change especially on the lives of those in rural and impoverished areas, but empowered women are one of the most effective responses to this phenomenon,” Dr Nawal Al Hosani, Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP), Director of Sustainability at Masdar, told Gulf News.

Farmers want FG to tackle poultry products’ smuggling

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Poultry and Livestock Farmers Association of Nigeria (POLFAN), Lagos Chapter, has called on the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Alli (rtd.) and all relevant security agencies to tackle smugglers of contraband poultry products, who they alleged, are currently on ‘Yuletide rampage’.