Nigeria Agriculture News

Ikpeazu wants soldiers to check farmers’, herdsmen clash

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has urged the Nigerian Army to assist...

Senate urges police to investigate herdsmen attack on Benue communities

Nigerian Police and other security agencies have been urged by the Senate to...

Proximity to customers, funders, ag leaders make Iowa a perfect home, say 3 agtech startup founders

“If you build it; the funding will come.” It might not be the exact...

Police caution Yobe farmers against landmines

The Police Command in Yobe has advised farmers in the state to beware...

Woman raped by herdsmen in Anambra dies in Ebonyi

A middle-aged woman who was allegedly raped to coma in a farmland at Ebenebe...

Farmers count losses over COVID-19 pandemic

As hoteliers in Lagos State, on the platform of Hotel Owners and Managers...

PwC advocates more palliatives for Nigerian farmers to mitigate COVID-19 effect

PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, has...

Benue Urges Farmers To Embrace Mechanised Farming

The Special Adviser to Gov. Samuel Ortom on Information and Orientation, Mr James...

Farmer survey encourages Syngenta to commit $2bn to sustainable ag by 2025 & two tech breakthroughs each year

Major seed and ag chemicals provider Syngenta is adding another initiative to the ongoing...

Military capture two foreign armed bandits, disrupt cattle rustling operation in Niger

The Defence Headquarters said on Tuesday that Air strikes executed by the Air...

ITFC finances Afreximbank with $200mn to support agric export in Sub-Saharan Africa

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development...

Group decries non release of fund allocated for women farmers in Gombe

Gombe state chapter of the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has...

AgFunder releases ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2020

AgFunder has just the ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2020, its first-ever analysis of agtech...

Abia no more God’s Own State, but Miyetti Allah Cattle Market ― Nnamdi Kanu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Monday alleged...

FG earmarks N600 bn for agriculture financing scheme – Minister

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono on Monday said the...

Poultry farmers decry scarcity, prohibitive cost of maize

POULTRY farmers in Nigeria have decried the scarcity and continuous rise in the price...

Should regenerative agriculture embrace gene editing? This startup says it must

Regenerative agriculture is a growing movement. It’s popping up in new places including campaign...

Nigerian govt. earmarks N600bn for agriculture financing scheme

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono on Monday said the...

Poultry Sector On Brink Of Collapse, Farmers Cry Out

Lagos- Poultry farmers in the country have condemned the scarcity and continuous rise...

Enterprise Singapore commits $40m to ag and aquaculture startups

Enterprise Singapore, the city-state’s startup agency, is earmarking S$55 million ($39.5 million) to help...