Cottage Processing: Industry Bank, Agric Ministry, private stakeholders meet July 4-5

Cottage Processing

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture in conjunction with the Bank of Industry will be holding a stakeholder meeting on cottage crop processing factory.

RMRDC distributes 10,000 improved oil palm seedlings

farm

The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has distributed 10,000 seedlings of improved variety of oil palm known as Tenera to farmers’ associations and cooperative societies for the 2017 planting season.

Zimbabwe: Avian Influenza - Govt Remains On High Alert

Birds

Government is in the process of mounting a risk based survey of the wild bird population to establish possible primary source of the Avian Influenza, with an external international specialist support team expected in the country this week for backup services.

FG to inaugurate Committee for land use decree

Land

The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh may this week formally inaugurate a committee that will look into better repositioning of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA).

Editorial- FG yam export, commendable

Yam

The recently launched yam export to Europe and America by the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh is a welcome development that was long overdue--towards expanding the market space for farmers and foreign exchange earnings for the entire nation. This step is indeed commendable and on the right path at this critical point in time when the value of the naira has depreciated, with resultant high prices of food items.

Ethiopia: Enterprise Monopolises Salt Distribution

Salt

The Enterprise plans to distribute 100,000 quintals of iodine-free salt in the next two months

In a letter written to the Ethiopian Industrial Inputs Development Enterprise (EIIDE) two weeks ago, the Ministry of Trade (MoT) gave the full mandate to EIIDE to be the sole distributor of salt that is used as industrial input.

Nigeria Ready to Begin Rice Export By 2018 - NAGB

Rice

The Nigeria Agribusiness Group, a think tank group that advises government on ways to grow the country's agriculture sector, has said that with the successes already recorded in rice production the stage is now set for the country to move from rice importation to rice exportation.

Ghana: President Akufo-Addo, Please Implement Your Pension Scheme for Cocoa Farmers

Cocoa

The Afosu Area Cocoa Farmers Association in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region has appealed to the government to institute a pension scheme for cocoa farmers to free them from poverty in old age. This, according to a GNA report, could be done by deducting tokens from their sales proceeds to sustain the scheme.

Zimbabwe: Arda Earmarks Land for Tokwe Mukosi Irrigation

farmer

The Agriculture and Rural Development Authority has earmarked a significant hectarage of land for agriculture production using water drawn from Tokwe Mukosi Dam.ARDA chairman Mr Basil Nyagandza said while plans were still in its infancy, "Arda will be definitely earmarked for a significant hectarage".

South Sudan Famine Ebbs, but Situation Still Desperate As Hunger Spreads

South Sudan refugee Children eating food.

More than 6 million people now facing hunger driven largely by conflict, Famine has eased in South Sudan after a significant scale up in the humanitarian response, according to new analysis released today.