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Nigeria: Afan Advocates Robust Agricultural EconomyThe Kogi chapter of All Farmers' Association of Nigeria (AFAN) yesterday called for more efforts to create an enabling environment toward attaining a robust agricultural economy in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:49
Nigeria: Bayelsa Targets 15 Million Tonnes of Rice -Sylva
GOVERNOR Timipreye Sylva of Bayelsa on Monday said the state was targeting the production of 15 million tonnes of rice and 2.5 million tonnes of fish over the next three years.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:18
Nigeria: Environment - Between AEPB and Cattle Rearers
Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria is being sanitized of cattle rearers who persistently graze their animals at all cost into high-class residential areas creating inconveniences, ill-health and sleeplessness for residents.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:15
Nigeria: FG Packages Incentives to Attract Investors -Ruma
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Sayyadi Ruma, yesterday said the Federal Government had packaged various incentives aimed at attracting private sector investment in the agriculture sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:15
Rwanda: Regional Agro-Research Centre to Reopen This Year
The regional agro-research centre Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Zootechnique (IRAZ), a subsidiary of the Economic Commission of the Great Lakes (CEPEGL) is due to reopen this year after ten years of inactivity.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:07
Rwanda: Country Targets $60 Million Coffee Earnings in 2009
The National Coffee Board (Ocir café) has projected Rwanda's coffee earnings for 2009 at US$ 60 million, up from US$ 46 million last year, the board's Director General revealed yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:07
Uganda: Empower the Cotton Body to Boost Production
Cotton is an important commodity providing employment opportunities and generating cash flow in the rural sector and providing the country with foreign exchange earnings either from raw cotton export or from value-added products.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:34
Nigeria: Inside Kwata's Booming Fish Market
Shiroro local government in Niger State is planning to build a tourist resort worth N200 million at Kwata, beside the tail end of the Shiroro Dam. It links up with River Kaduna. However, the council chairman, Mr. Adamu Goggo Erena said he has no plans to develop the fish market.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 00:10
Grain Silos Built in Tete
Six silos with the capacity to store 50,000 tonnes of grain have been built on the outskirts of the western Mozambican city of Tete, as part of the country's efforts to minimize the effects of the world food crisis, according to Leonor Neves, the Tete Provincial Director of Agriculture.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:36
Uganda: MPs to Lobby for Banana Factory
THE parliamentary committee on finance, planning and economic development is to lobby for more funds from the Government to invest in the banana industry at Nyaruzinga in Bushenyi district.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:04
Keep More Pigs - Kiyonga Advises
UGANDANS have been urged to take advantage of the overwhelming demand for pork and poultry products in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 07:27
Angola: Prison Services to Invest in Agriculture, Cattle Breeding
The prison services will work this year in the relaunch of agricultural and cattle breeding growth points and in factories throughout the country for prisoners' self food supply, Angop learned.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:31
Flags-Off Mass Cattle Vaccination
Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, has flagged-off this year's mass cattle vaccination exercise, with assurance that he would put more efforts into livestock development and welfare of nomads in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:26
Nigeria: Forestry Law Now to Be Enforced
Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has assured the people of the state that his administration will enforce the forestry law of the state in order to put a stop to wanton bush burning and illegal felling of trees.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:26
Nigeria: Agriculture - Time to Get Serious
All industrialized economies evolved from agricultural base, and the emergence of sophisticated technologies only enhanced that base. Therefore, no right thinking government or people treat, or should treat, agriculture with levity.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:56
Angola: Agriculture Minister Demands Greater Competence for Coming Challenges
Angola's minister of Agriculture, Afonso Pedro Canga, on Tuesday here considered that the achievement of positive results in this sector demands greaterdiscipline, competence, rigour and professionalism by employees, ANGOP has learnt.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 08:39
Uganda: A Trying Year for Agriculture
Last year was not a pleasant one for the agriculture sector. The food crisis reached unbearable levels in many parts of the country, largely due to poor weather and a failed harvest in 2007.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 07:52
Nigeria: LG Boss Asks Yar'Adua to Encourage Farming
ALHAJI Ibrahim Kabiru, Chairman of Kware Local Government Council in Sokoto State has advised President Umaru Yar'Adua to encourage large-scale farming to boost food production in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 10:30
Uganda: Farmers Get Sh550 Million for Naads Programme
FARMERS in Apac district have received sh557m for the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 07:54
Nigeria: Cotton Association Gets Over N30 Million Loan
The efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria towards the development of the nation's cotton sector received a boost recently, as the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), got a lifeline of N33 million to enable the sector bounce back to life.The Federal Government had also at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), pressed for cotton to be treated with priority, as separate from other negotiations under agriculture, for easy market access and fair trade.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 10:39
Nigeria: Warehouse Owners Assured of Fertiliser
Only those with warehouses stocked with fertiliser will be awarded contracts for the supply of the commodity in the next farming season, Sen. Tawar Wada, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, said.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 09:42
Rwanda: Dairy Sector Urged to Invest in UHT Production
The government through the Centre for Support to Small and Medium Enterprises in Rwanda (CAPMER) has urged dairy sector stakeholders to consider investing in Ultra High Treatment milk production.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 09:28
Nigeria: Tough Time Awaits Kwara Residents, Says Saraki
THE Governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged the people of the state to brace up for hard times next year by making use of every opportunity that would be provided by the government to expand the economy, saying the new year would be very tough in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 11:45
Uganda: Crop Insurance Unveiled
MICRO-ENSURE has launched a crop insurance cover that will guard farmers against damage.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 09:42
Nigeria: Farmer Chides South East Govs Over Agriculture
A PROMINENT farmer, Chief Ugochukwu Okpalaeke, has accused the five governors of the South East zone of not giving serious attention to agriculture, saying that they only pay lip-service to the sector. Okpalaeke warned that this would be devastating to the economic development of the zone in future.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 09:01
Ethiopia: Investors Invited for International Agriculture Exhibition in Israel
The government of Israel on Thursday invited Ethiopian private sector to participate in Israeli's leading agricultural exhibition and conference scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv May next year.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Dec-2008 11:28
Zambia: State Looks to Millers to Reduce Mealie Meal Prices
THE Government expects millers to emulate Chimanga Changa Milling Company which reduced mealie meal prices even before the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) lowered the price of maize.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Dec-2008 10:56
Eritrea: Ministry Focuses On Irrigation And Food Security
The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Arefaine Berhe, said that the main policies and strategies of the Ministry focus on irrigation farming and achieving food security and export-oriented products, as well as one that boosts natural resources.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 20:59
Nigeria: Akwa Ibom Disburses N13b to Boost Livestock Production
AKWA Ibom State Government has disbursed N13 billion to boost accelerated livestock production in agricultural sector of the state
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 17:11
Government Intervention in Cotton Prices
Government has intervened in a bid to save the falling cotton prices by toping up 450 shillings per kilogram for cotton farmers to sell to ginners.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 17:00
Nigeria: No Plans to Probe Turaki, Say Jigawa Lawmakers
The Jigawa House of Assembly has declared that it has no plans to probe the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 11:19
CDC Begins Planting Boa Plain Oil Palms Next April
With some 266,000 oil palm seedlings already growing luxuriantly in a new oil palm seedling nursery at Bounjari Village, Bamusso Sub Division, Ndian Division of the Southwest Region, the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC, is set to begin planting the very first oil palm trees in April, 2009.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 10:18
Nigeria: 'Nigeria's Commitment to Agricultural Development is Irrevocable'
With the vagaries of the international oil market and the current global financial crisis, the need for Nigeria to diversify her income base cannot be overemphasized. These were the words of Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 09:46
Rwanda: Nyagatare Dairy Plant Starts Production This Week
The Nyagatare dairy plant in the eastern province is to start its operations this week, the acting managing director has revealed.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 09:24
Diamond Trust to Fund Agro-Business
THE International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) have launched a programme to fund small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 08:53
Government Raises Cotton Prices
AFTER analysing the impact of the global financial crisis on the cotton sector, the Government has raised the cash crop's farmgate price to sh600 per kilogramme.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 08:53
Uganda: New Maize Variety Launched in North
VICTORIA Seeds has introduced a new variety of maize seeds in northern Uganda.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 08:06
Govt Starts Distributing R300m Agric Inputs
GOVERNMENT yesterday started distributing agricultural inputs received from South Africa under the R300 million Sadc aid package.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 19:22
Ghana: Farmers Appeal to Presidential Candidates
Cotton farmers in the three Northern regions have appealed to the two presidential candidates in the December 28 run-off to come out with their individual programmes to revamp the cotton industry.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 17:22
Mozambique: Wheat Imports to Fall By 20 Percent in Three Years
Mozambique is set to reduce its wheat imports by 20 per cent over the next three years following the implementation of the government's "green revolution" strategy, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 16:37
Angola: Industry Ministry to Re-Launch Sugar Production
The Ministry of Industry is projecting for 2012 the re-launch of sugar production in the country, in order to satisfy the demand for this product, announced last Friday in the central Huambo Province, the incumbent deputy minister, Kiala Ngone Gabriel.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 11:45
Rwanda: Olyana Holdings to Acquire Gisovu Tea Factory
Olyana Holdings, a limited liability company is to buy 60 percent of Gisovu tea factory after cabinet approved its privatisation request by the Rwanda Privatisation Secretariat.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 09:25
Zambia: Farmers Are Hypocrates
IT is shocking that commercial farmers can today cry foul over the Government's decision to import maize in order to bring down and stabilise the price of mealie meal.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 08:53
Uganda: Government to Release New Cotton Prices
GOVERNMENT will soon announce new prices for cotton following the fall of world prices, the Prime Minister has announced.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 08:53
Zimbabwe: Govt Defies SADC Tribunal Ruling, Charges Farmers
THE state this week pressed ahead with the prosecution of white commercial farmers for allegedly staying put on gazetted land despite a Sadc Tribunal ruling last month that they had no case to answer because the country's land reform programme undermined the rule of law.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Dec-2008 15:55
Nigeria: Lagos Rice Project to Stabilise Price, Create Jobs
The Lagos State rice for job program is not all about creating job for the teeming unemployed youths in the state but to also stabilise the price of rice through increase production of the stable food in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Dec-2008 09:54