Agriculture Daily Digest – April 17, 2026

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Your daily Agriculture & Agribusiness digest 🌱. From crops to livestock, here are today’s top updates across Africa.

  1. 🇳🇬 Dangote Group targets $40 billion investment to boost fertilizer, oil output
  2. 🇳🇬 Dangote Fertiliser positioned to ease Africa food crisis, UN deputy secretary-general says
  3. 🇳🇬 Olam Agri opens $50m soybean crushing plant, feed mill in Kwara
  4. 🇳🇬 From farm to fridge: How investors can target Nigeria’s N160bn cold-chain gap
  5. 🇳🇬 Ekiti celebrates as firm emerges world’s largest cassava producer – The Guardian Nigeria News
  6. 🇳🇬 FG, NIAS team up for 2026 Animal agriculture conference – The Guardian Nigeria News
  7. 🇳🇬 Punch newspapers – Breaking News, Nigerian News & Top Stories – Punch Newspapers
  8. 🇳🇬 Ooni backs Agbeyewa model to tackle insecurity, joblessness – Punch Newspapers
  9. 🇳🇬 Gambia: Gambians Push to Protect Coastal Waters As Food Fears Grow
  10. 🇳🇬 Morocco: Ghana Receives 2,000 Tonnes of Fertiliser From Morocco
  11. 🇳🇬 NBMA orders suspension of new GM cotton varieties in Nigeria
  12. 🇳🇬 Nigeria releases new chicken breed, 57 crop varieties
  13. US will punish fraud and insider trading, derivatives regulator tells Congress – Reuters
  14. Haiti hunger crisis deepens as almost 6 million face acute food insecurity – Reuters
  15. UK farmers face tough choices as war pushes up costs
  16. Scramble for biodiesel as price drops below regular diesel for first time
  17. Borama: father-of-eleven transforms his life by turning to fodder production – Food and Agriculture Organization
  18. Bilateral meeting with H.E. Muhindo Nzangi Butondo, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security of the Democratic Republic of Congo – Food and Agriculture Organization
  19. World Bank Group – International Development, Poverty and Sustainability – World Bank
  20. Peru – LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN- P179037- Irrigation for Climate Resilient Agriculture – Procurement Plan – World Bank
  21. Rome-Based UN Agencies Convene High-Level Panel on Scaling AI for Development at India AI Impact Summit 2026 – ifad.org
  22. Women farmers’ access to justice and resources take centre stage as Rome-based UN agencies mark International Women’s Day 2026 – ifad.org
  23. No Corn Planting Progress in 5 Top States – Successful Farming
  24. Kansas City Wheat Closes Up 16½¢ | Thursday, April 16, 2026 – Successful Farming
  25. When to Apply Sulfur Fertilizer for Sulfur Deficiency in Corn and Soybeans – AgWeb
  26. Why Your Herbicide Can Fail Even if You Follow the Label – AgWeb
  27. 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s agricultural sector attracted $167.25 million in capital inflows in 2025
  28. 🇳🇬 Paddy price slump curbs Nigerian farmers’ production plans for 2026
  29. 🇳🇬 Ekiti celebrates firm for emerging largest global cassava producer – The Guardian Nigeria News
  30. 🇳🇬 Fast-track financial support, IMF tells Nigeria, others – Punch Newspapers

That’s it for agriculture today 🚜. What sector excites you most — crops, livestock, or exports? 💬

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