Nigeria Agriculture News

IntegriCulture raises $7.4m at Series A from AgFunder, others to ‘democratize’ cell ag

Japan’s IntegriCulture has raised ¥800 million ($7.4 million) in Series A funding to help push its...

Land grant legacy drives innovation and entrepreneurship at Iowa State University

The land grant ideals that have guided research, teaching, and extension at Iowa State University for...

Continuous shrinkage of forests threatens world’s biodiversity, UN warns

Amidst the alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, urgent action is needed to...

India’s GramCover banks pre-Series A funding for rural insurance network

"You have 130 million farmers plus their families who are vulnerable... Traditional urban...

Coronavirus: West African farmers count losses, fear for worse – Report

Farmers in West Africa have varying perceptions of the novel coronavirus pandemic. While...

Traders report tomato shortage as pest reappears in Kano

The price of fresh tomato is rising across Nigeria as the Tuta Absoluta...

Inside AfDB ‘whistleblower’ allegations against Akinwumi Adesina

The United States government has demanded that a fresh and in-depth investigation be...

Highly Essential? Legal cannabis continues to come of age despite Covid-19

A global pandemic provides the industry with an opportunity to demonstrate not only...

Produce more, Nigeria has no money to import food, Buhari urges farmers

President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerian farmers to increase their food production as...

GMO Plants And Potentials To Improve Immunity And General Wellbeing

It is a fact that our immune systems do a remarkable job at fighting...

We are committed to high quality products, says Efugo Farms

As the COVID-19 pandemic continue to impact productivity, many companies have found a new...

Association Gives Back To Community, Supports Farmers With Herbicides, Others

ADO-EKITI- Dozens of farmers in Orun- Ekiti received farm inputs from the apex...

Disease, travel-ban push tomato price up

This is the season of scarcity, and the interstate movement restriction to control...

Indonesia To Receive 56 Million USD From Norway For Reducing Deforestation

Indonesia is set to receive a 56 million USD grant from Norway as...

World Bank Approves $500m Loan For Invasion Mitigation

As East African countries seek funds to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus...

Forests provide sustenance for 90% of world’s ‘extremely poor’- Report

Forests provide support and sustenance for over 90 per cent of the extremely...

Insects for animal feed startup Beta Hatch raises $3m Series A1

The funding will be used to construct what it describes as the largest...

Dole and Boragen team up to stop consumers going bananas over deadly Black Sigatoka disease

If most people knew how some diseases threaten to take out their favorite foods,...

Farmers Count Cost Of Lockdown On Production

LAGOS  – Farmers across the country have con­tinued to count the cost of...