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Common Soybeans Diseases Symptoms And Treatment, Several diseases, including Phytophthora root and stem rot, pod and stem blight, frogeye leaf spot, brown spot, downy mildew, Cercopsora leaf blight and purple seed stain, and Sclerotinia stem rot (white mold), are known to affect soybeans in New York. Little is known, however, about the incidence, severity, or […]
Common Banana Farming Diseases Symptoms, Bananas may be one of the most popular fruits sold in the United States. Grown commercially as a food source, bananas also feature prominently in warm region gardens and conservatories, making striking additions to the landscape. When planted in areas with plenty of sun, bananas are not all that hard […]
Sandy Soil: What is it exactly that makes a soil sandy? Experts identify sandy soils as those that have 18% clay and over 68% sand particles 100 cm into the soil.
Soils are aggregates or complex mixtures of minerals, water, air, organic matter, and countless organisms. Soils supply plants with nutrients, most of which are held in place by particles of clay and organic matter (colloids).
How to start Dry Season Vegetable Farming Business, Dry season farming is crop production during the dry season when rain is no longer falling. In this type of farming you depend solely on water provided to farming through Dams,Boreholes, rivers. Over time, dry season has always been a challenging period for farmers because there are […]
Soya beans farming is another agribusiness that has the potential to make you fantastically rich. Soya bean or in the US parlance, soybean is a leguminous crop that originated from eastern Asia where it is an essential part of their diets, but was said to have been introduced to Ibadan, Nigeria in 1908. Nigeria has […]
Tanzania’s Kagera region is adopting the Commonwealth of Learning (COL)’s Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) model, Mr Obinna Okwelume, COL’s Communications Officer has said. COL’s L3F initiative empowers farming communities using open, distance and flexible learning. Okwelume, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that in implementing the model, the regional government would be utilising […]
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), “ Conservation agriculture is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment”. The principles of conservation agriculture principles could be applied to all agricultural lands and practiced in […]
Sokoto Climate Rice Farming, Irrigation farming system has been identified as one of the sure methods for all year round rice production, the Executive Director, National Cereals Research Institute, Dr Samuel Agboire, has observed. Dr Agboire, who disclosed this in Sokoto while delivering the keynote address at a two-day sensitisation workshop organised by AfricaRice with […]
Colonies Remedies, The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, last week in Abuja officially received the report of the national conference that looked at a 10-year (2018 -2027) transformation roadmap for the Nigerian livestock industry. The National Conference on the report was Transformation of the Nigerian Livestock Industry submitted by the Local […]
Agric Ministry Trains Rural Farmers, The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has concluded an intensive training workshop for farmers’ groups/cooperatives from the south-east and south-south zones of the country. The workshop, held at the Federal Cooperative College, Orji River, Enugu State, was organised by the Rural Institutions Development division of the ministry’s Department […]
Sokoto Farmers Tube Wells, Sokoto State government is to embark on massive construction of tube wells for farmers to avoid drought in the state. READ MORE: FADAMA Coordinator In Anambra Urges Youths To Engage In Agriculture The Project Manager, Sokoto Agricultural Development Project, Alhaji Abubakar Malami disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust. READ MORE: Yobe […]
Kebbi Rice Production, Because of the boom, its capacity to produce rice in millions of tons and the desire of the farmer to cultivate large rice fields, it is the expectation in many quarters that rice should be cheaper in Kebbi State. Ironically, the price of rice is higher in Kebbi than other rice producing […]
We Have Been Isolated, Kano Female Farmers Cry Out, The women wing of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kano state chapter, has said that women are being excluded in various agricultural interventions and empowerment programmes, especially those anchored by the state government. READ MORE: Edo To Fully Roll Out Agriprenuer Programme, Targets 55,000 Youths In […]
Rice Farm burning, A fire has destroyed 75 hectares of unharvested rice in Bauchi State. The rice farm belonging to Nasiru Mohammed, a Director at Futlink West Africa Limited and Auwal Mohammed is located at Liman Katagum in Bauchi local government. READ MORE: Agriculture And Farming In Nigeria: Top 10 Agriculture Opportunities In Nigeria Speaking to […]