Author: Adewale Kupoluyi
By Sodiq Lawal The government of Poland said it has temporarily prohibited grains and other food imports from Ukraine, as it seeks to address the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market. The leader of Poland’s governing party, Jarosław Kaczyński, said that the Polish countryside was facing a “moment of crisis,” and that while Poland supported Ukraine, it was forced to act to protect its farmers. “Today, the government has decided on a regulation that prohibits the importation of grain, but also dozens of…
By Omolola Pedro Following renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in Benue State communities, the state government has forthwith suspended the operations of the state’s livestock guard. The government had earlier established the Livestock Guard, as an outfit to ensure compliance with the state’s anti-open grazing law. According to the state’s governor, Samuel Ortom, the suspension is to last for two weeks and is expected to facilitate a reduction in the large influx of livestock into the state. Governor Ortom said the move was part of the plan to make sure that the people, who had come with cattle had gone,…
By Omolola Pedro The measure for the rate of change in prices of goods and services, Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose from 21.91 per cent in February to 22.04 per cent in March 2023. This was contained in an inflation rate report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the NBS report, “the March 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.13 per cent points when compared to February 2023 headline inflation rate”. “On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 6.13 per cent points higher compared to the rate recorded in March 2022 which was 15.92…
By Omolola Pedro The Lagos State Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has implored the Federal Government to compensate farmers for the losses and damages incurred as a result of the challenges faced, following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. The Chairman of the Chapter and Southwest Region, Dr. Femi Oke bemoaned the impact of the policy on agriculture and food production, in general. He said compensation like grants, fertilizers, inputs and agricultural tools from the Federal Government is necessary to encourage farmers return to farming, as that would help them meet their 2023 food production…
By Adewale Kupoluyi The agriculture sector in Nigeria has been given a pat in the back for contributing to the nation’s quarterly growth parameters, indicating that the economy has recorded ninth consecutive positive growth despite contractionary monetary policies. The growth in the fourth quarter was primarily driven by the services, manufacturing and agriculture sectors, which contributed 5.69%, 2.83% and 2.05%, respectively. The growth recorded in the service sector was lower when compared to 7.01% in the previous quarter, while manufacturing recovered from -1.91% in the third quarter while agriculture sector recorded higher growth compared to 1.34% achieved in the third quarter. …
By Omolola Pedro The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has trained, at least, 200 coffee farmers in Plateau State, in a bid to further increase production and export of coffee, FarmingFarmersFarms reports. The capacity building on coffee production and processing for export, which was held in Jos, had participants from the Jos South and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau state. The NEPC Regional Coordinator, Mr. Samson Idowu said that the workshop had become a very crucial factor for increasing the state’s production of the commodity. He emphasised that coffee production was declining in the plateau region, despite the fertile…
By Michael Babatunde At least one person is reported dead during the heavy downpour in Makun, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. FarmingFarmersFarms gathered that the downpour also swept away motor bikes and damaged properties. The deceased was said to be a student of Agbele Community High School, according to the uniform he had on. Eyewitnesses said the boy fell off a bike, which was being dragged in the erosion around express junction – Dallof junction down to Awolowo down to Ogunyanwo Street to Isale Ojumele. Residents said there had been several appeals to channel the erosion, which was…
By Olamide Tejuoso Social media space is definitely a free platform for all, including fraudsters, popularly known as scammers. Whether as a farmer, who wants to get some products like seedlings or as a consumer, who wants to purchase some meat or fish or other products online, you could be at risk, if not well armed with information. Scammers these days are always looking for new ways to take advantage of unsuspecting people even in the agriculture sector. A farmer once lamented how he had been scammed severally with fake seeds and farm implements making him to lose millions…
