School feeding scheme during lockdown is senseless, fraudulent, Nigerians knock FG

Professor Bamidele Omitoyin, a former Dean of the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources,...

COVID-19: How markets closure affects dry season farmers

Irrigation farmers in Katsina State have expressed concerns over the shutdown of markets...

2020 wet season farmers out of FG’s mechanisation programme

As the 2020 farming commence, wet season farmers will not be part of...

Why mushroom farmers should expect brighter days

If the current effort to develop lovastatin drugs that can help to control...

Buhari rice coming to Lagos, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday authorised the release of 70,000 metric tonnes of...

Rice farmers assure Nigerians of rice supply during lockdown

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has assured Nigerians that the current...

Indonesian ag marketplace TaniHub banks $17m in fresh funding

Jakarta-based TaniHub Group has raised $17 million in ‘Series A-plus’ funding, following up...

Institute wants herdsmen, other livestock farmers excluded from lockdown

The Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) has said that the current restriction...

Military impounds smuggled rice, arrests four suspects

The military has impounded more than 900 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice...

Swedish startup woos investors with “algae tech” for the aquaculture sector

The proliferation of algae isn’t typically a good sign, environmentally speaking. Algae blooms,...

Coronavirus: Lockdown won’t affect rice production, RIFAN assures

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has assured Nigerians that the present...

NIHORT to begin evaluation, distribution of new hybrid plantain, banana varieties to farmers

The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) will in a short while begin evaluation of...

Anchor Borrowers Programme: 2,403 cassava farmers receive credit in Ogun

2,403 Cassava production farmers have been credited with a sum of N210,273,00k each as...

COVID-19: Obiano distributes 36,000 bags of rice to Anambra septuagenarians

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State has ordered the distribution of about 36,000...

DiMuto scores funding to take its traceability tech global

DiMuto, a supply chain visibility platform for the agrifood sector, has received funding...

Satellite data uncovers 10.6 million acres of illegal farms in ‘Europe’s breadbasket’

A drive down some of Ukraine’s yawning roads is a lesson in scale....

‘Over 7m Nigerians face food crisis from June-August

Over seven million people are expected to be in food crisis between June and...

How livestock, fish farmers can cope during lockdown

Considering the lockdown of the country at the early stage, when veterinarian needs and...

PAN warns states against restriction of poultry, foods movement

The President of the Poultry Association of Nigerian (PAN), Mr. Ezekiel Ibrahim Mam has...

How farmers can survive Covid-19 pandemic

• Online Sales Is Best Option—Daramola • Farmers Must Have Designated Pick-up Point On The...