Agriculture

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

Why Shea butter is ‘women’s gold’

Why did you pick interest in Shea butter and what are its benefits?I started Shea butter business about five years ago but I have been involved in She

Transforming Nigeria’s agribusiness potentials into economic fortunes

Nigeria, apart from being blessed by large hectares of arable land, fertile soil, excellent climate for growing crops and low labour cost, is also sai

When Africa, others meet on agric financing

The conference that lasted one week, from July 12 to 19, at the famous Kenyan School of Monetary Studies, was unanimous that the problems preventing a

Mixed reactions in Kebbi over wheat potentials

He said the institution has varieties of under-utilised seed because of insecurity situation in Maiduguri, hence, an advantage to the people of Kebbi

Nigeria releases first herbicide-resistant hybrid maize

The hybrids were developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership with DuPont Pioneer Seeds using conventional b