Wheat

For many years wheat production has been stagnant and the challenges before its farmers are many. Although President Muhammadu Buhari launched the rice and wheat Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) in November, 2015, rice has since given wheat…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the importation of wheat costs the country about $2 billion annually, thereby exerting pressure on the country’s food import bill. Commenting on the country’s food import bill,…

The Federal Government has faulted the purported labelling of Nigeria’s wheat as poisonous because it contains gluten. The Director, Federal Department of Agriculture of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD),…

Nigeria has spent N258.3billion on wheat importation in the first three months of this year, despite the government’s continuous push to drive local production, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) trade report shows. The…

As part of efforts geared towards boosting local wheat production in the country, scientists and experts have urged the federal government to ensure that the capacity of smallholder farmers is enhanced and they adopt modern technologies in…

Australia wheat exporters have looked past china to North Africa due to trade disruptions caused by the coronavirus, Australian agriculture has been hit by a raft of curved balls in recent months. Still, for wheat farmers, the…