Agriculture

The latest news on all things agriculture, rural news, and information on farming.

20 million farmers to get GES fertiliser in 2015

Dr. Ojo stated this shortly after declaring open a 3-day training on seed certification and quality control organised by NASC at the Institute of Agri

FG approves new fertiliser tech for dry season farming

The technology, which is a one-time application of urea (briquettes) 5-7cm deep into the soil in between four transplanted rice stands, is mainly prac

Kano gets first private mega abattoir

Inspecting the abattoir site recently, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Nasiru Yusif Gawuna, called on Kano business community to compliment gover

US: Mango ripening yet to catch on

“I don’t see many people going toward ripening at this point,” said Gary Clevenger of Freska Produce. “There have been promotions and webinars on the

‘Why farmers should have knowledge of 40 maize varieties produced by ABU’

Can we know the main responsibility of your unit?The main work we do here is producing and multiplying improved foundation seeds for the use of variou