Agriculture

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DFID boosts Zimbabwe’s agriculture

DFID is providing a $48 million package of funding for a FAO-managed programme  to increase sustainability of agriculture, contribute to rural em

Senegal nears first victory in war on tsetse fly

A statement from the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) quoted Baba Sall, Project Manager and Head of the Animal Health Section in the Ministry

Ray of hope for Jibiya wheat farmers

In 2012, the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority (SRRBDA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, which manages Jibiya dam am

‘Cotton merchants are responsible for adulteration’

Do you think the steps taken so far by government and cotton companies would revive cotton farming in the state?Cotton farming and production is very

Vegetable farmers decry lack of govt support

Some of the farmers who spoke to Daily Trust in Jama’are said they have not been able to meet their production capacity due to high cost of production