Nigeria Agriculture News

Village market is out to eliminate middlemen, reduce cost of foodstuff—Sanni-Banjo

The Village Market is deploying technology to eliminate middlemen regarded as the major factor...

Experts mull Africa’s adoption of Chinese import substitution model

• Seek Focus On Local Food Consumption Underdevelopment ravaging the continent of Africa can be...

Agribusiness academy restates commitment to improving Soybean value chain

Knowledge gap and lack of good agronomic practices have been attributed to the low...

Farmfunding firm opens e-Commerce to market fresh corn

A Farmfunding agro firm, H.O CORN has opened an e-commerce platform for Nigerians to...

INTERVIEW: Comparing Nigeria’s palm oil production with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand not fair – NIFOR ED

The Nigerian Institute for Oil palm Research (NIFOR), established in 1939, is saddled...

Zamfara makes Agriculture compulsory subject in secondary schools

The Zamfara State Government has directed all Secondary Schools in the state to...

Nigeria @60: AFAN, NABG score agricultural sector

As Nigeria celebrates diamond 60th independence anniversary, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria,...

Africa needs productive, policy push to transform agric — Obasanjo

Forrmer Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Africa needs simultaneous productivity push...

Farmers groan under effects of COVID, drought

At the just concluded African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Kigali, Rwanda, the...

Lagos Plans Promotion Of Urban Farming To Enhance Food Security

 As the Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement, and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) project ended...

Save Us From Foreign Encroachment On Our Farmlands, Exporters Tell NEPC

 SEYI TAIWO-OGUNTUASE LAGOS Exporters in the country have called on the Nigerians Export Promotion Council...

Ogun Partners Odu’a Group On Boosting Cassava Production

Lagos – Ogun state government has pledged its support to the ongoing cassava...

FMN harps on value chain for food production, security

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) has announced activities to commemorate its 60-years...

Oyo anti-open grazing law ineffective as herders ravage farms

Despite the passage of the Oyo State Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law...

Ighodalo identifies core areas to transform agric sector in Africa

Chairman, Board of Directors of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has identified...

Farmers get lands from agro firm at Independence

To mark Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary, Xtralarge Farms is giving out plots of...

40 dead, rice, maize farms destroyed as Jigawa experiences ‘worst flood in 32 years’

This year's flood is the worst in the history of the state since...

CBN Trains 15,000 Abia Rice Farmers

Umuahia- Fifteen thousand Abia rice farmers are currently being trained by the Central...