Nigeria Agriculture News

Farm investors lose as hotels, event centres remain closed

• We are out of jobs, catfish farmers cry out • We’ve reduced workers by...

How local fowl farming can lift rural women

• Experts list guiding steps Many rural women who are rearing local chickens as means...

Aside fertiliser, cost of other inputs threaten wet season farming

“Fertiliser is just one of our problems, for me, the major challenge is getting...

We Have Developed Strategic Plan On Agriculture, Makinde Says

…Seeks Partnership With FG On Agric ProjectsIbadan – Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde...

COVID-19: We won’t allow farmers suffer in 2020 cropping season — FG

The Federal Government, Wednesday, said farmers would not be allowed to suffer in...

FG gives Oyo farmers agricultural inputs to avert food scarcity

Several smallholder farmers in Oyo State, on Wednesday, received different categories of Kenaf,...

Moo-re funds! Connecterra brings impact fund into largest-ever Series B for European livestock tech at €7.8m

Editor’s Note: Connecterra is an AgFunder portfolio company. AgFunder invested in Connecterra’s $4.9 million...

Soil Carbon Co raises $6.9m in round led by Li Ka-shing’s VC firm

Australian startup Soil Carbon Co has raised A$10 million ($6.94 million) in seed funding...

COVID-19: Police rescue 600 workers “imprisoned” for 3 months in rice factory

Operatives of Kano State Police Command have rescued over 600 workers forced to...

CBN moves to capture 200,000 maize farmers in Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Tuesday, expressed its readiness to capture...

India’s rural reforms a “big push” for farmers, agritech: Agriculture secretary

A set of new laws aimed at reforming India’s agricultural sector will be a...

Scoular launches app to take the paper out of the grain shipping industry

Agriculture is often characterized as a heavily consolidated industry where a few major players...

10 Anambra communities lament as herdsmen destroy farmlands

RESIDENTS of 10 communities in Awka North local government area of Anambra State...

Smallholder women farmers and challenges of attaining food security

Nigerian women farmers are known for their active involvement in agriculture, which has...

CBN To Support Farmers With $1.1bn Loan

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it will support farmers with a...

COVID-19: Kano AFAN chair calls on FG to spend N13bn on farmers productivity, not on pests

The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Kano State Chapter, Abdurrashid...

Nigeria to tap from world’s $36 billion caustic soda market

The Raw Material Research Development Council (RMRDC) has fabricated 250kg per day caustic soda...

Fertilizer startup Upcycle & Co closes $825k seed round, sets sights on ag market

Fertilizer isn’t just for thousand-acre row crop operations in the Midwest. The demand for...

Food Security: Nigerian Army seeks support, collaboration with ministry

As part effort to ensure that Nigeria is food sufficient, the Nigerian Army...

Cattle thieves kill 10 vigilantes in Zamfara ― Police

Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves have shot dead 10 vigilantes in Zamfara...