Federal Government, African Development Bank (AfDB) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), are partnering to transform the West and Central Africa’s wheat sector.
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The West and Central Africa Wheat Development Network (WECAWheat), says it is intensifying efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in wheat production in the region.
Amid the summer grain harvest progressing in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, one of the country’s major grain barns, the region has set yield records for wheat in the country.
A new study led by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists, says high-yield varieties of foodgrains show a drastic decline in concentration of essential micronutrients like zinc and iron. Scientists also find very high concentrations of arsenic in rice.
The Federal Government says it is targeting an estimated 472,000 metric tonnes of wheat product at the end of the implementation period of the wheat production programme.
Minister of Agriculture Abubakar Kyari, says the Federal Government is giving out 50 percent subsidy to wheat farmers in the upcoming dry season farming to ensure massive production of the grain in the country.
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