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Egypt to begin importing rice after slashing its own cultivation
Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and “control the market,” Prime Minister Sherif Ismail sai...
Agriculture
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‘Nigeria agric sector is responsive to incentives’ – Bismarck Rewane
Bismarck Rewane, chief executive officer, Financial Derivative Company has said that the Nigeria agricultural sector is responsive to incentives such ...
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Tanzanian Government lifts ban on sugar imports
In a move aimed at ending the sugar deficit in the country and stabilising the commodity’s price, the government has lifted the ban on its importation...
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Nigerian Government warn citizens on dangers of imported Rice
The federal government has alerted Nigerians of the unhealthy status of smuggled imported rice being dumped in the country and cautioned against their...
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“Legalise Marijuana”, UN urges Nigeria.
Strong indications emerged Monday that Nigeria may soon relax its law against planting and consumption of cannabis, with the declaration that the Unit...
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Kenyan farmers cry foul as millers import maize from Uganda
As millers rush to import 6.6 million bags of cheap maize from Uganda, farmers in Rift Valley are stranded with their harvest after the Ministry of Ag...
Kenya eyes cheap flour in six million maize bags Uganda deal
Kenya has inked a deal with Kampala to buy 6.6 million bags of maize at Sh2,050 each to plug a deficit that has triggered a rise in flour prices. The ...
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Olam has invested $1 billion to boost Nigeria’s agriculture sector
The Vice-President of Olam, Reji George has disclosed that Olam Nigeria Limited had invested about $1 billion (about N306billion) to boost Nigeria’s a...
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1,500 Daura farmers empowered through CBN anchor borrowers programme
Farmers in Daura, Katsina State, have received various farming implements under the second phase of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) anchor borrowers...
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“Audu Ogbeh lied about Thailand Rice mills collapse” – Thailand ambassador
Wattana Kunwongse, ambassador of Thailand to Nigeria, has denied the claim of Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, that rice mills are collapsing in t...