April 2020 - Africa Farming Agribusiness News, Nigeria Farming, Nigerian Farming, Agribusiness Marketing in Nigeria and Africa, Nigerian Farming Online Magazine, Agriculture News

Agro Exports

REMOVING AGRICULTURAL, TECHNICAL TRADE BARRIERS

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There are a lot of unscientific technical trade barriers that adversely affect exportation to other countries. It is quite necessary that the Nigerian government begins to provide measures to solve such problems. All necessary problems in agricultural export business being faced in Continue Reading

Food Security

‘FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HASN’T RELEASED SILOS TO OPERATORS ONE YEAR AFTER PAYMENT’

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Indications have emerged that the Federal Government has not released the 20 strategic national grain reserves that were leased to private sector operators over one year after they paid for the lease. It will be recalled that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the lease of 20 of the Continue Reading

Agribusiness

FARMERS COUNT LOSSES OVER COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ORDER

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Farmers under the auspices of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday, counted losses over federal and state governments’ lockdown order on containing the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19. This was disclosed by the Vice President, AFAN, Daniel Okafor, in a chat with Vanguard, Continue Reading

Agro Chemicals

FOOD SECURITY: FARMER CALLS FOR FERTILISER SUBSIDY

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A farmers’ leader in Rivers has pleaded with the Federal Government to subsidise fertilizers and other agro inputs to enhance agricultural activities in the 2020 farming season. Mr Godwin Akandu, the President, Etche Farmers’ Cooperative Union said subsidising fertilisers and other inputs Continue Reading

Cattle Farming

COVID-19 LOCK DOWN: CATTLE DEALERS RECOUNT LOSSES, BEGS FOR ORDER RELAXATION IN RIVER STATE

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This was as it says it has lost over 200 cattles to the tune of over N5 million. The National Auditor of the Union, Mustapha Aliyu who made this known to newsmen in Kano State at the weekend, said it members were stranded by the order which shut down their market, Trans Amadi Slaughter market Continue Reading