OXFAM Harps On Need To Improve Agric Productivity

 Country Director of Oxfam in Nigeria, Constant Tchona, has called for an urgent...

Cowpea Farming Can Guarantee Food Security, Sustainable Income

Cowpea is an herbaceous (without woody stem) crop widely grown in West and...

Chinese agrifood startups raised $3.6bn in 2019 as economic headwinds intensified

Editor’s Note: Winnie Leung is vice president at Bits x Bites, an agtech...

Unfazed by Covid-19, Infarm arrives InJapan and InCanada

Strictly speaking, vertical farming has been with us since the dawn of agriculture; it...

Foreign rice concealed in onion bags seized in Kwara

Prohibited items worth N98, 318,760 allegedly smuggled into Kwara and Niger State, three...

AgFunder, GROW, and UN Development Programme team up to align tech with impact in agrifood

Editor’s Note: Based in Singapore, John Friedman is director of AgFunder’s Asia operations...

How insecurity threatens Nigeria’s rice export plans

Rice is a goldmine. In fact, it is gold. It means staple for millions...

What poultry farmers need to know about Newcastle disease

Poultry rearing is one of the most important activities in the agricultural sector of...

How to raise more rice pyramids

Following the recent unveiling of rice pyramids in the country, many stakeholders have...

Stakeholders explain how CBN agric initiatives boost economy

Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its fourth quarter (Q4) &...

Fresh-Cut Salads And Other Vegetables, Arrigoni’s Technical Solutions For Quality Productions

Fresh-cut salads and other vegetables now have an extra ally to grow and develop...

BON advised to focus on agric evolution

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has charged the...

What Are the Pros and Cons of Owning a Farm?

There is no denying the vital role that farmers play in the sustenance of...

Boosting farming through agribusiness TV

Entrepreneurs are making agriculture more attractive to youths by showcasing stories about people who...

How coronavirus is impacting on agro exports

Major world economies are slipping into a ‘near-halt’ due to the pandemic coronavirus. Experts...

Firm moves to curb post-harvest losses, promotes industrialisation

To curb post-harvest losses and encourage industrialisation of many crops in Nigeria, Nuli...

Suspected herdsmen abduct man in Delta after eating his wife’s rice

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped a young man in Okpanam, Oshimili North...

Ogun targets 50,000 farmers to boost agricultural production

The Ogun State Government says it is targeting no fewer 50,000 people, mostly...

There are more apps for farmers than ever before, but Southeast Asia’s smallholders aren’t biting

When it comes to niche tech solutions, farmers have more options today than...

Kwara govt suspends top civil servants over extortion of farmers

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed the immediate suspension of all officials...