Agriculture

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

Plateau farmers get disease-resistant potato seedlings

In order to tackle the menace of the blight disease ravaging Irish potato farms in Plateau State, about 4,000 farmers from Mangu and Bokkos local gove

FG, centre build farmers’ capacity on agricultural best practices

The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, Kano (BUK) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ha

CBN’s 2.15m fertiliser: Ministry yet to get locations as wet season approaches

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is yet to get the locations of the fertiliser recently donated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (C

Climate change: Kano to establish farmers’ field school

The International Crops Research for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) under the state’s Agro Pastoral Development Project  (KSADP) funded by the Islami

Ramadan: Irish potatoes, yam beyond reach of Maiduguri residents

With the alarming cost of yam, Irish potatoes and fruits in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, residents are forced to consider other alternatives to