Nigerian agri sector receives US$136.5mn for 2015 farming season

Bimini1002015-04-04T16:26:10-05:00

Nigeria has released US$136.5mn to boost its agricultural sector and improve food security for 2015 Around six million Nigerian rice farmers have received improved rice seed varieties in 2015. (Image source: World Bank/Flickr) Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, said, “As crude oil prices decline, we must create new wealth from the richness of our soils, the vastness of our rivers and the abundance of our cheap labour. We will produce more, and industrialise the agricultural sector.” According to Jonathan, the US$136.5mn fund [...]

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Case IH supports agricultural growth in East Africa

Bimini1002015-03-11T13:56:25-05:00

Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case IH, supply-chain specialist Toyota Tsusho East Africa and Toyota Tanzania sponsored an agricultural event in Tanzania to support the agribusiness sector in East Africa Case IH’s tractor line-up includes units that are suited for small to medium-sized farms. (Image source: Case IH) The Agribusiness Congress East Africa that took place on 28-29 January 2015 in Dar es Salaam was hosted by the Agricultural Council of Tanzania. The congress brought together the main participants of the agricultural sector [...]

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Web tool tracks agricultural investments in Africa

Bimini1002015-03-11T13:57:55-05:00

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System - Eastern and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA) has launched a new web tool to track investments made for African agriculture The tool will also track agricultural projects and programmes by African governments, development partners and other stakeholders. (Image source: CCAFS/Flickr) The new web tool, AgInvest Africa, was developed by ReSAKSS-ECA and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Joseph Karugia, coordinator of ReSAKSS-ECA, added, “The web portal facilitates partnerships, informs discussions on [...]

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Nigeria Targets U.S.$2 Billion in Cashew Nut Export

Bimini1002015-03-11T13:58:44-05:00

Abuja — Executive Director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo, has said Nigeria is targeting the export of cashew nuts worth $2billion in the two years as part of the measures to diversify the economy and move it away from over-dependence on oil. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Awolowo said already that Nigeria had exported cashew worth $106 million to Vietnam in 2014, adding that a four-year master plan was being developed by the agency to promote export of [...]

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Zambia: Mumbwa Farmers Embrace Conservation Farming

Bimini1002015-03-03T09:52:01-05:00

Conservation Farming Unit manager Alex Nakachinda, who is in charge of the western region, said small-scale farmers in Mumbwa hoped to increase their crop yields because of conservation farming. In conservation farming techniques, plant residue from the previous crop are left on the land to minimise erosion and provide organic material. This considerably reduces the need for expensive chemical fertilisers. The basins are, meanwhile, dug carefully to avoid turning up the earth which keeps the nutrients in the soil alive and [...]

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Athens Plow Model 52: La Grada de Disco que deben tener todos los agricultores.

Bimini1002015-02-27T18:23:42-05:00

Escoger un arado para un tractor no es algo fácil. La mayoría de los agricultores ya tienen su accesorio preferido que utilizan para limpiar, plantar, airear y cosechar sus campos. De hecho Jim y Mark Koenings eran los mismos pero eso fue hasta que comenzaron a cultivar soja y fila estrecha de maíz. Se dieron cuenta que estos cultivos dejaban una gran cantidad de residuos en la forma de tallos de maíz y de soja. El cultivador de campo [...]

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JDLink: Monitoring & Managing Your Machine Has Never been Easier

Bimini1002015-02-27T17:54:04-05:00

The world is changing. Not only trends in social, political, and economic matters, but most urgently, in environmental matters. The global climate patterns are changing rapidly in tandem with the rising global temperature. Though low rainfall may only be a matter of passing notice for people living in cities and towns, this will affect the agricultural faction adversely. John Deere 8295R Similar occurrences around the world affecting productivity and output have called for some ways to address these problems in the [...]

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What Makes Athens Plow Model 52 Most Valuable Disc Harrow for Farmers

Bimini1002015-02-22T21:57:47-05:00

Choosing a plough for your tractor is not easy. Most farmers already have a favorite attachment that they use to clear, plant, plough and reap their fields. In fact, Jim and Mark Koenigs were the same but that was until they started cultivating soybeans and narrow-row corn. They realized that these crops left behind a large amount of residue in the form of corn stalks and soybean stems. Their ordinary field cultivator could not get through to the mat [...]

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Ghanaian farmers to benefit from US$50mn MasterCard Fund

Bimini1002015-02-22T21:39:05-05:00

Canada-based MasterCard Foundation has announced it will provide a US$50mn fund to help improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Ghana by enabling agricultural businesses to extend financial services in the country. Roger Morier, senior communications manager at MasterCard Foundation, said that the goal of the fund was to transform lives by increasing access to financial services for at least one million financially excluded people living in rural and agricultural areas of Ghana. MasterCard Foundation aims to do so by supporting [...]

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Argentine farmers netted 24.1 billion dollars from grains and oilseeds last year

Bimini1002015-02-22T21:35:37-05:00

Farmers sold 365 million for a total of 24.1 billion dollars of grains and oilseed last year to boost Argentina's central bank reserves, which had slid to a seven-year low in October, exporter group Ciara-Cec said in a statement. The previous record for such exports was 25.1 billion in 2011. Fourth-quarter sales helped stabilize the economy in Argentina, which gets about one-third of its export revenue from commodities. President Cristina Fernandez government persuaded farmers on Oct. 22 to stop hoarding [...]

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