Tanzania Now Sole Beans Producer, Feeding 10 African Countries

Beans

Tanzania exports over a million metric tonne of beans to ten countries in Africa as well as India, making it the sole producer of the important legume to millions of people on the continent.

Nigerian Officials Jailed for Stealing Rice Meant for Food Aid

IDP camp

A Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, sentenced two men to two years in prison for stealing rice donated by foreign donors to internally displaced persons.

Lawmakers Split On Uhuru Move to Lower Food Prices

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta's announcement that a supplementary budget will be presented to Parliament as it resumes today to address the cost of living has been received mixed reactions from leaders.

‘Nigeria should develop her standards that keys in into international standards’

Engr. Segun Bolaji

Engr. Segun Bolaji is a director of S.Adiss Agricultural Engineering Limited, indigenous fabricators of feed mills and other production and processing machines since 1979. Here, in this interview conducted on the grounds of Eagle Square, Abuja he spoke on the quality of locally fabricated equipment and why Nigeria should have her own standards. Excerpts…

There is need to support realization of potentials of high yielding crops with fertilizer---Agric minister

Chief Audu Ogbeh

* Nigeria will save N1.71b if adopts UDP

The minister of agriculture and rural development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said it was important to recognize the need to support the realization of the genetic potential of our increasingly high-yielding crop varieties being adopted by Nigeria’s numerous farmers with appropriate fertilizer.

New helmsman resumes at BOA for re-capitalization

Central Bank Governor.

The new managing director, Bank of Agriculture (BOA) Dr. Kabiru Mohammed has officially taken over the management leadership of the bank , and this is towards ensuring the N500 billion recapitalization meant to address credit challenges to both small and large scale farmers.

Editorial- Don’t subject Research Institutes to ridicule

Research

The deplorable conditions of most research Institutes in Nigeria should be a concern for anybody who may have witnessed what it used to be during the colonial era in the time past. The legacies left behind In the research institutes are almost disappeared in many of these Institutes as a result of paucity of funds.

DISBURSEMENT OF FADAMA APPROVED LOAN 2010 FADAMA III

         DISBURSEMENT OF FADAMA APPROVED LOAN 2010 FADAMA III

N39 Billion debt: Agro dealers stage peaceful protest in Abuja

Agro-dealers

The Growth Enhancement Scheme Agro-dealers Association of Nigeria (GESAAN) took to the streets of Abuja on Tuesday to protest the non payment of a N39 Billion outstanding debt owed them by the Federal Government.

Nigerian farmers can now export fish, as Ogbeh signs law

Group picture

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has reinforced the existing aquaculture Act by signing a regulatory law that will ensure standard of exportable farmed fishes into other countries in  Europe and America.