U.S.-China trade deal cuts tariffs for Beijing promise of big farm purchases

The United States and China cooled their trade war on Friday, announcing a “Phase...

Ministry, RIFAN collaborate to boost rice production

The President of RIFAN, Mr Aminu Goronyo, told newsmen in Abuja that the Minister of...

NFGCS acquires high capacity rice processing equipment

This was made known by the National Coordinator, NFGCS, Mr Redson Tedheke, while speaking...

Maize farmers seek support on infrastructure, storage facilities

Maize growers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPMAN) has pleaded with the federal...

Wheat, rice production: NGO trains farmers on irrigation

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation-Water Enabler Compact (TAAT-WEC) has trained some farmers in Kano...

Avian flu confirmed at 27,000-bird Suffolk poultry farm

Government officials are working to contain an incident of avian flu confirmed at a...

How super-detailed drone mapping is changing farming forever

To stay profitable in an increasingly tough environment, farmers must use their land and...

Food security: LASG empowers 1,759 farmers with agricultural inputs

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed the commitment of his administration to...

Farmer jailed six months for killing herdsman’s cows

  A Dutse Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 67-year-old farmer, Samson...

Why ‘big men’ acquire, lockup large farmlands

 One of the major eye-catching features along the highways leading into Abuja,  Nigeria’s federal...

7yrs after, FCT Fish Farm Estate still unattractive to farmers

Located at Barangoni village in Bwari Area Council, the 10-hectare fish farm estate was...

UK Institute honours Nigerian on cassava post-harvest technology

The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich has recognized a local...

‘Farmers must adopt new technologies for profit’

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture is committed to refocusing the agricultural sector by educating...

Soil scientists warn charlatans to steer clear of practice

The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has said it is ready to clampdown...

University of Agriculture, Zuru to take-off in 2020 ― Nanono

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, (FMARD), Sabo Nanono, says the Federal Government...

How farmers can maximise economic benefits of yam

Experts believe that, like in cassava, production of abundant yam without storage facilities and...

UK institute commends Nigeria’s role in African root, tuber value chains

Celebrating its 125 years of research and impacts, the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University...

Newly identified jet-stream pattern could imperil global food supplies, says study

Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused...

Biofuel sparks hundreds of farmer machinery repair complaints

The use of biofuel has sparked hundreds of complaints from farmers who claim it...

RUGA by another name

ANOTHER round of tension is brewing in the polity following the announcement by the...
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