Export demand and competition, the war in Ukraine, domestic supplies, the fight for planted area, and global weather will be primary factors influencing wheat, corn and soybean prices and production levels in the year ahead.
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The Director General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha says genetically modified maize, known as TELA maize, will be commercially released by National Variety Release Committee in 2024.
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has unveiled three strategic initiatives to reposition the nation’s agricultural sector and promote food security for all.
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan’s state of Gezira as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, the aid agency said in a statement.
ASHENEWS reports that a report by the committee on the reintroduction of the poll tax system in Niger State has observed that pastoralists or Fulani herdsmen in Niger State have ceased to enjoy dividends of governance.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State Government has signed an N50 billion worth of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union Bank of Nigeria to supply sesame seeds, soya beans, maize, and paddy rice to Tropical General Investment (TGI), owners of Union Bank.
Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum on Wednesday, said that his administration has initiated seven pilot irrigation schemes to boost agricultural productivity and enhance food security.
The Chairman, SUNCHI Integrated Farms Ltd, Enugu, an agro-allied firm, Mr Sunday Ezeobiora has said that some government policies and programmes negatively impacted the growth of poultry business in 2023.
A Sokoto based fertilizer company, Rahamaniyya Fertiliser Processing Company Limited is working towards improving and increasing the yield of vegetable crops for farmers through the use of its fertilizer
Niger state Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago on Tuesday presented the 2024 budget which he tagged “Budget for the Future” to the state House of Assembly.