15/08/2006 The Special Adviser to the President on Export has expressed satisfaction with the patronage extended to made-in-Nigeria goods abroad especially... President’s aide lauds SON over export

 

By Khalid Patel Engineering News Online 11/08/2006 International agribusiness firm Monsanto has completed... Largest maize-seed processing plant on the African continent completed

 

TIDE ONLINE 08/08/2006 The Director-General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos, Dr. Oluwale Olatunji, has tasked Nigerian... FIIRO tasks industrialists on food processing methods

 

HE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has registered a 100 percent increase in deliveries compared to last year, thanks to last season's heavy rains and contract farming. GMB operations... Zimbabwe: Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has registered a 100 percent increase in deliveries

 

22nd June 2006, LAGOS: The journey of one thousand kilometers usually starts with a step; “this saying is synonymous to the fervent drive embarked upon by OKREDANA Nigeria Limited five years... Okredana: Expansion and modernization of the fishery industry in Nigeria

 

14th June 2006, LAGOS: About 50 persons have been trained and given starter packs by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) as part of its community development initiativ for host... Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company's incentives

 

Local poultry farmers say they are seeing no signs of recovery due to the fact that more and more Ghanaians are regaining their appetite for imported chicken despite the bird flu scare.... Ghanaians regain appetite for imported chicken

 

June 2nd, Lagos, NIGERIA: Recognising the potential and need to engage in the production of more food to cater for the teaming population of the state, Lagos State Government is establishing fish... In Lagos... People Learn How to Fish

 

11 May, 2006: Harare - ALTHOUGH most companies in the agro-sector greeted the above average rains that pounded the country in the 2005/06 agricultural season with optimism, horticulture powerhouse... Zimbabwe: Ariston Counts Cost of Incessant Rains

 

7th May, 2006: ABIDJAN - Cote d'Ivoire began slaughtering poultry in the Abidjan markets on Sunday after the deadly H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the west African country. The... Cote d'Ivoire culls poultry after bird flu cases confirmed

 

3rd May, 2006: Ghana - The Ministry of Trade and Industry has banned the importation of live birds, poultry and poultry products as well as poultry feed from Cote d'Ivoire following an... Ghana bans poultry from Cote d'Ivoire

 

23rd Apr, 2006: NIGERIA - Considering the role agriculture can play in a people’s economic life, the Ebonyi State Government has taken steps to make the state a food basket across the Niger.... Agriculture... Another Base for People's Development

 

30th March: ZIMBABWE - FARMERS are seeking a maize producer price of at least $15 million a tonne from the $2 million gazetted last year, citing high production costs. The Ministry of... Zimbabwe: Maize Producer Price: Farmers Recommend $15m Per Tonne

 

23rd March, 2006 - Ellinos Mazorodze was running a small country store eight years ago in Zimbabwe’s Zaka District when CARE workers approached him about joining a new program. They explained he... CARE tackles economic development in poor Zimbabwe farm areas

 

8th March, 2006: Cairo Poultry, the nation’s premier processed chicken producer, is slowly changing the way Egyptian buy and eat the birds. Avian flu could speed that process. The... Top of the Pecking Order