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HIGHER CORN PRICES PUSH COMPANIES TO BUY STOCK

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine February 16, 2021 57 0

Here are some of the most significant market trends identified by Glowlit in the last week. With the Chinese New Year less than a week away, factory sales departments are using their final few days at work to wrap up their most pressing tasks. Among them, arranging logistics for deliveries and Continue Reading

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CORONA LOCKDOWN UK SCHOOLS POSES PROBLEMS FOR UK EGG SECTOR

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine January 26, 2021 45 0

Moves by the UK Government to suddenly shut schools due to the rapid spread of the new Covid-19 variant are causing problems to egg producers. The move to shut schools just days before pupils were due to go back for the Easter term is leaving producers with huge numbers of spare eggs. Ben Jackson, who […]Continue Reading

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DEADLY SHEEP, GOAT DISEASE THREATENING 80% OF WORLD’S LIVESTOCK — FAO

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine January 26, 2021 41 0

The highly contagious animal disease affecting domestic and wild small ruminants was first identified in Côte d’Ivoire in the 1940s. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the Peste des petits Ruminants (PPR) disease, also known as sheep and goat plague, threatens 80 per cent of the world’s ruminants. The PPR, a highly contagious animal Continue Reading

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AUSTRALIA TAKES BARLEY TRADE WAR WITH CHINA TO THE WTO

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine January 21, 2021 73 0

The ongoing trade spat between Australia and China has taken a new twist as the Aussies have now requested assistance from the WTO. At the height of the argument are trade tariffs imposed by China on several agricultural goods from Australia, but more so the huge 80% tax on barley that was imposed in May […]Continue Reading

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WORLD BANK PLANS TO INVEST MORE THAN US$5BN IN DRYLANDS IN AFRICA

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine January 15, 2021 63 0

The World Bank plans to invest more than US$5bn over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods across 11 African countries on a swathe of land stretching from Senegal to Djibouti The more than US$5bn in financing will support agriculture, biodiversity, community development, food security, etc. (Image Continue Reading

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WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS PROTEST OVER RURAL KILLINGS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine October 15, 2020 75 0

The Union Building lawns in Pretoria, South Africa were covered by several hundred mainly white farmers some carrying flags and crosses, in angry protest on Saturday of the perceived lack of government response to the assaults and murders on farms in the rural parts of the country. The event organiser, Kallie Roux, shared a few […]Continue Reading

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NIGERIA TO BECOME AFRICA’S LEADING SEED REGULATOR — NASC

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine September 4, 2020 159 0

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), has said Nigeria has a vision to be recognised as Africa’s leading seed regulator, which has fostered the emergence of a globally competitive seed sector. Director General of NASC, Dr Philip Ojo, made this known at the inauguration of the Parastatal SERVICOM Unit and committee in Abuja. He noted […]Continue Reading

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AKIN ADESINA SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM AS AFDB PRESIDENT

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine September 4, 2020 151 0

Reelected President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been sworn-in for a five-year second term. The swearing-in ceremony held Tuesday was attended by Heads of States, Governors and other stakeholders who joined physically and virtually. The former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture was reelected last week to serve a second five-year term, with […]Continue Reading

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SENSOTERRA JOINS NETWORK PROVIDER TO TAKE ITS SOIL MOISTURE PROBES TO THE WORLD’S MOST PARCHED FARMS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine March 26, 2020 247 0

Australia is the driest country on Earth. More than two thirds of its landmass receives less than 500 mililitres of rain each year; the devastating bushfire season this past summer, which made headlines across the globe, shows just how destructive this lack of rainfall can be. But Australia is also one of the world’s top agricultural producers, […]Continue Reading

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FAO GETS 17M EUROS FROM GERMANY TO COMBAT LOCUSTS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine March 13, 2020 236 0

The Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu has welcomed a 17 million euros contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those affected by the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa. Germany’s Permanent Representative to FAO, Ulrich Seidenberger, made the announcement at FAO headquarters in Rome. The new pledge comes after Germany had contributed Continue Reading