http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Poultry farmers in Nigeria have been called upon to improve the quality of their products during a workshop held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in a association with the Poultry Association of Nigeria. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160512/nigeria___poultry_industry_a_disgrace_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Federal Government has expressed willingness to revive the dilapidated Imo Modern Poultry farm located at Avutu, Obowo local government area of the state. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070512/nigeria___the_poultry_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Gunmen set off explosives and fired on a cattle market in remote northeastern Nigeria overnight, killing at least 56 people, a nurse who received bodies in the local hospital said on Thursday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040512/nigeria___gunfight_in_cattle_markets_kills__people__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Nigerian Customs Service has warned importers of contraband goods to desist from such act, especially in the Cross River/Akwa Ibom state command, as measures had been put in place to deal with those caught contravening the law. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030412/nigeria___frozen_poultry_seized_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Regular meetings of the National Council of Agriculture and Rural Development have always been an opportunity for state commissioners in charge of agriculture in the country to meet yearly. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020412/nigeria___beef_production.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nigeria is rethinking agriculture. The sector is thus undergoing a robust transformation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230212/nigeria___boost_to_beef_production_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Edward Ogon, yesterday said that there is a report that contaminated chicken and turkey have flooded the state. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230212/nigeria___contmainated_poultry.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Arbor Acres Nigerian GP distributor, CHI Limited, recently held a second seminar in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. Attended by over 100 delegates representing CHI’s PS customers, the one-day seminar focused on critical areas of PS and hatchery management. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170112/nigeria___arbor_acres_chi_nigeria_seminar.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Although Africa has vast fossil and renewable energy sources, only twenty percent of its population has direct access to electricity and in some rural areas, four out of five people are completely without power. According to the UN, over 600 million Africans currently do not have access to electric power. A depressing 70 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's population is living without access to clean and safe energy for their basic needs such as cooking, lighting and heating, making energy poverty among the most urgent issues facing Africa. Worldwide, more than 1.4 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity, and 1 billion more only have intermittent access. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050112/nigeria___investment_in_african_renewable_energy_reaches__billion_in_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT There is a scarcity of chicken to meet the demand of consumers in most fast food restaurants across Nigeria, the chief executive of Food Concept Group, owner of Chicken Republic, Deji Akinyanju has said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291111/nigeria___chicken_shortage_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The exhibition at Bishop's Court Abeokuta, Ogun State, will take place on 1-2 November. The show will help to establish close links between poultry farmers, input suppliers and all stakeholders. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111111/nigeria___talking_poultry_exhibition.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT In a village outside this Bauchi state town in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, what was once a Christian community has vanished. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050711/nigeria___religion_and_farming_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT As Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, Kano State governor and presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the April elections prepares to leave office, Kola Oyelere writes on his achievements in the last eight years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030611/nigeria___change_of_the_guard_at_government_house.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT A Nigerian firm Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) with Heirs Holdings Limited (HH) and Mtanga Farms inked a deal on Saturday under which they will invest in the 2,200 ha farm to establish a seed potato industry in Iringa Region. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270411/nigeria___farm_investment_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Last month, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, an agency of the United Nations, raised alarm that Nigeria, Morocco and Bangladesh face imminent food crisis. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140411/nigeria___talks_of_a_food_crisis.aspx allafrica.com Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Nigeria has been cautioned on over-dependence on oil, according to The Nation of Nigeria. At a two-day workshop organised by the French Embassy in Nigeria in collaboration Sokoto poultry farmers, policy-makers were told that unless the economy was diversified from crude oil to agriculture, the country is in grave danger of starvation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080411/nigeria___improving_farming_is_vital_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Nigerian government (GON) has inaugurated the National Food Safety Management Committee, responsible for food safety and quality control measures from farm to table. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050411/nigeria___meat_inspection.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Up to an additional seven African nations are expected to start with the commercial production of genetically modified (GM) crops by 2015. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060411/nigeria___gm_crops.aspx allafrica.com Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT No fewer than 82,689 farmers benefitted from agricultural input loans under the Zamfara Comprehensive Agricultural Revolution Programme (ZACARP) between 2008 and 2010. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040411/nigeria___loand_for_farmers_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Crop and livestock farming are the main stay of Borno State’s economy. Cash crops that can be found in the state include groundnut, cotton, gum arabic, oilseeds and sugarcane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250211/nigeria___farming_problems_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Agriculture is the most important sector in Ekiti State. It is the vehicle for pursuing development. Blessed with large hectares of good quality arable land sustained by rain-fed irrigation, Ekiti is a farmers destination with areas suitable for the cultivation of a large variety of fruits and vegetables.Major cash and food crops of the state include mangoes, bananas, avocadoes, guava, cashews, oil palm, coconuts, onions, lettuce, mushrooms, peas, cowpeas, soya beans, cassava, kolanut, cocoa, maize and cocoyam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140111/nigeria___the_meat_and_farming_business.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT The products which consists of frozen turkey and chicken were intercepted at Ogun state axis, reports Vanguard. According to the commands area controller, Emmanuel Kane, the produce was monitored and intercepted. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/101210/nigeria___another_poultry_scandal_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT The ban on the importation of frozen chicken into Nigeria has created a minimum of 20 thousand jobs in the poultry and related industries. The statement was made by the National Vice Chairman, South West of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Dr Ayo Oduntan, accoridng to All Africa, citing a report in Daily Independent. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/011210/nigeria___the_poultry_industry.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nigeria poultry industry might go under as the industry is being threatened by smuggled chickens from neighbouring countries, reports Vanguard. Just as the cost of grains have been attributed to the rising cost of poultry products. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/251110/nigeria___problems_in_the_poultry_industry_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Nigerian Branch of the WPSA will hold the first African International Poultry Summit (AIPS) with the theme of 'Climate Change: Implications for poultry Production in Africa'. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111010/nigeria___the_poultry_industry_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Urban agric-ulture is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around (peri-urban), a village, town or city. Urban agriculture in addition can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agro-forestry and horticulture. These activities also occur in peri-urban areas as well. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220910/nigeria___urban_farming_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT We forecast positive consumption growth across all agricultural sectors in the five years to 2014; growth in the consumption of pork, poultry, milk and sugar will benefit from rising living standards and by an expanding population. Strong production growth is also anticipated for most agricultural sectors, but especially for corn, sorghum, cocoa and sugar (see below). Insufficient investment continues to be one of the biggest problems in what is a high-potential agricultural industry. The Nigerian government has expressed a commitment to further agricultural development in the quest for improved food security and economic diversification. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160910/nigeria___farming_report_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said in Abuja that abattoirs and poultry farms operators in the country were not adhering to standards. Dr John Akanya, the Director General of the organisation, said that the development had adversely affected the country's economy. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070910/nigeria___dirties_abattoirs_outside_russia_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up report no. 2 on Wednesday, 25 August. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070910/nigeria___fmd_confirmed_.aspx oie.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said in Abuja that abattoirs and poultry farms operators in the country were not adhering to standards. Dr John Akanya, the Director General of the organisation, said that the development had adversely affected the country's economy. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060910/nigeria___the_worse_abattoirs_outside_russia_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT A farmer was killed and two others are unaccounted for after around 200 people raided a Christian village near the central Nigerian city of Jos, burning and looting, the military said Monday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140710/nigeria___farmer_killed__and_cattle_stolen_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The United Nations agriculture agency is implementing nine projects worth nearly $18 million in Niger in support of farmers and pastoralists who are facing an alarming food crisis as a result of the prolonged drought in the Sahel region of West Africa. The projects, to be implemented by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in partnership with the Government and civil society groups, focus on the immediate purchase and distribution of 14,000 tons of animal feed, 3,000 tons of cereal seeds, and 1,500 tons of fertilizer for use during the current planting season. An estimated 2.8 million people will benefit. According to FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS), the food situation in parts of the Sahel is of grave concern, with more than 10 million people at risk of hunger. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300610/nigeria___help_for_farmers.aspx allafrica.com Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT In a bid to make agriculture attractive in Northern Nigeria, the Gombe State Government has intensified its 'catch them young' policy as no fewer than 30 young women have been trained in its new agricultural training school. The training is in collaboration with Leventis Foundation of Nigeria. The school which was established three years ago has graduated 198 students including males. Some of the courses offered include: Fisheries, poultry and Bee farming. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290610/nigeria___women_in_farming.aspx allafrica.com Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Some indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have embraced government assisted farming schemes as a means of survival and also to boost their income. Daily Trust investigations show that there are currently close to 100 beneficiaries of the FCT office of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) currently undergoing training in its annual agricultural empowerment programme holding at its farm in Dutsen Alhaji. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170610/nigeria___farm_assistance_schemes_.aspx allafrica.com Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Segun Oni, the governor of Ekiti State, on Sunday donated N1.5 million to some farmers who engaged in FADAMA farming at the Hausa settlement along Ado-IjesaIsu road, Ado-Ekiti. Thirty farmers received the sum of N50, 000 each. Mr. Oni, who was impressed by their farming methods, said the donation was to help them boost production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070610/nigeria___money_for_farmers_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT All seasons the year round, the place is ever green. It cuts the picture of a well cultivated and taken care of green belt. And almost round the clock, an array of workers scurry about bearing water cans, their brown bodies glistering with sweat. The crowd on this belt however varies in composition depending on the time of the day. Some women could be sighted holding heated discussions with their male counterparts. Which ever way one looks at it, the fact remains that a bustling business holds here daily. Welcome to a part of the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State where urban farming thrives. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040610/nigeria___farming_all_year_round_.aspx allafrica.com Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may smile this farming season as the administration made good its plan to subsidize farming inputs up to 50 percent. This news was conveyed to the farmers in Kuje where the FCT minister Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Tuesday flagged-off the 2010 farming season. With the distribution of 4,500 metric tons of assorted fertilizers at a subsidized rate of 50 per cent of the prevailing market price, the minister said the stage was set for a bumper harvest. The amount distributed is out of the total of 12,450 metric tons envisaged in the 2010 allocation, the minister stated. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040610/nigeria___government_help__farmers_.aspx allafrica.com Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT According to Nigerian Compass, these groups say there is need for the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), the only livestock-based research institute, to be unbundled into species-based to enable it become more responsive to the livestock industry’s demands and situations, particularly the poultry sub-sector. During a one-day seminar organised by Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited in Ibadan, the participants appeared unanimous in their call for livestock species based research institutes. They also, advocated that livestock farmers should be involved in the funding of research workers. They agreed that research should be seen as antidote to the multi-faceted challenges facing the industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010610/nigeria___farm_research_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Christchurch construction firm Apollo Projects has won a $30 million contract to build a meat processing plant in Niger and has already started work in the capital of the central west African nation. The meat plant and accompanying giant cold store are being built in Niamey, and the company will be seeking prepayment for each stage because of Niger's volatile political environment. Apollo chief executive Paul Lloyd said about 50 New Zealand companies supplying products and materials or working as subcontractors would benefit from the contract. Up to 40 New Zealand staff and 150 local workers would be employed in the construction phase. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140510/nigeria___us_million_meat_plant.aspx stuff.co.nz Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT With memories of the devastating global rice price crisis fresh in their minds, experts from Africa and beyond that met recently in Mali have called for long_term commitment to scientific innovations and partnerships that are critical for enabling the continent to fulfill its huge potential as a rice producer and to sharply curtail its perilous dependence on rice imports. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190410/nigeria___more_rice_production_.aspx allafrica.com Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Unilever Nigeria said on Monday it expects its pre-tax profit for the second quarter to June 30 to more than double to 4.03 billion naira from a year earlier. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170310/nigeria___unilever_profit_jump_.aspx foodbizdaily.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The central city of Jos is on high alert after Sunday's violence in Nigeria in which a late-night attack by herdsmen killed up to 500 people from nearby farming villages. The attack has been seen as a reprisal for attacks in January, in which about 300 herdsmen were killed by youths from the farming community. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160310/nigeria____herdsmen_killed_.aspx Google news Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Netherlands has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with Nigeria in the agricultural sector that would enable the Netherlands to invest and develop the agricultural business capability of Nigeria. This action has the potential to liberate over 20 million Nigerian farmers from poverty. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160310/nigeria___farmers_get_help_from_holland_.aspx Google news Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Cocoa exports from Nigeria, the world’s fourth-largest producer of the chocolate ingredient, increased 9 percent in November http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040210/nigeria___cocoa_exports_.aspx foodbizdaily.com Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Unemployed youths in Niger Delta will hopefully be employed at the poultry farm being initiated by Cross River State government in partnership with Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The project was contemplated in response to the high demand for day-old chicks in the Niger Delta. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020210/nigeria___employing_young_people_in_the_poultry_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nigerian health officials are reporting the first swine flu-related death in the West African country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230110/nigeria____cases_of_swine_flu_confirmed.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources has said that it has paid N630m as compensation to poultry farmers whose birds were culled during the outbreak of Avian Influenza between 2006 and 2009 http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150110/nigeria___bird_flu_compensation_paid_out_to_farmers_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Thirty two people have been killed in clashes between farmers and nomads, with scores of houses burnt over the weekend in the northern Nigerian state of Nassarawa. A state parliamentarian, Mohammed Baba Ibaku, said the weekend's violence was a retaliatory raid made by herdsmen in a farming village known as Udeni Gida. The herdsmen had been attacked by loc http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271209/nigeria____dead_in_farmers_clash.aspx allafrica.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT At the one-day meeting, convened by the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), the stakeholders present attempted to ascertain the veracity of the claim and prepare a common understanding of the problem in order to come up with a common position on the way forward http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261209/nigeria___government_believe_more_poultry_production_is_required_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The presence of live-bird markets across the country will ensure the security of birds against diseases http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201209/nigeria___cleaning_up_the_poultry_trade_.aspx allafrica.com Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT