Nigeria Agriculture News

Nigeria Seeks US Partnership In Agriculture

The Nigerian government has solicited partnership with the United States of America to...

Ayade Appoints Management Boards for Livestock, Rice, Cassava, Banana, Maize

Livestock, rice, maize, cassava and banana in Cross River State have received a major...

Sustainability of agribusinesses is challenging, says Lagos commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal, spoke with FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy,...

Why FG’s policy on mechanisation is not working

For over 60 years, Nigeria has been importing tractors yet less than 30 per...

Paddy dealers want FG to work on Adesina’s model on rice mill

Paddy Dealers Association of Nigeria, Farmers’ Cooperative, Rice millers and other private investors have...

Farmers to get best seed varieties this year, Seed Council assures

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has assured farmers that they will get the...

6000 Jigawa farmers to grow maize this dry season

The Jigawa Chapter of the Maize Farmers Association of Nigeria says it has so...

Shaky agreement threatens CBN’s loan recovery from cotton farmers

The recovery exercise of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) after the inclusion of cotton...

FG seeks stronger partnership with the US government on food production

The Federal Government has solicited a stronger partnership and collaboration between the Ministry of...

Why Nigeria must promote additive manufacturing technology – RMRDC DG

Prof. Hussaini D. Ibrahim, the Director-General of the Raw Material Research and Development Council...

8m farmers to benefit from 16,000 geo-clusters scheme – NIRSAL

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says eight million farmers...

How to cultivate pumpkin for sustainable income

The pumpkin is popularly known as ugu. It is a native plant of West...

Hillcrest Agro-Allied Industry demands N500 million from journalists over critical report

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Finance and Economy, Sarah Alade, has...

FIIRO DG didn’t complete PhD programme – Supervisor

Prof. Mansour Moudachirou, the project supervisor of the embattled Director-General of the Federal Institute...

Askia presents groundnut seedlings to female farmers in Uzere

Scores of female farmers in Uzere community, Isoko South local government area of Delta...

Association’s leader urges members to repay Anchor Borrowers’ loans

Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Nasarawa State chapter, has urged members to repay...

Professionals list ways Nigerian farmers, agro-entrepreneurs can avoid fire outbreaks

Agricultural scientists and researchers have called on farmers, agro-entrepreneurs and investors to take precautions...

Poultry farmers lament high prices of day-old chicks

Broiler and egg farmers have called on the government to intervene to alleviate losses...

To reap from livestock, adopt these practices in 2020

In the face of unstable weather condition and dairy products prices, livestock farming could...

1,700 Kaduna residents to receive agric grants

Around 1,700 women, youths and People Living With Disability (PLWDs) in Kaduna State have...