Federal Government to Establish Grazing Reserves
In the last few months, several clashes had occurred between cattle herdsmen and farmers. Many farm lands have been destroyed, houses razed down…
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Plantation agriculture
Government to Slash Import Tariff on RICE
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is working hard to increase Rice production in Nigeria from 3.4 million tonnes of paddy…
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Better Seed Supply Can Help Nigeria Paddy Rice Production Reach 13 Million Tons by 2018
The Permanent Secretary of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMA&RD) says that the government is aiming to increase paddy rice…
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South Africa Raises Wheat-Output Forecast; Reduces Corn Area
[caption id="attachment_226" align="alignnone" width="470"] Harvester at work[/caption] South Africa raised its forecast for wheat output by 2.5 percent as deliveries of the grain…
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