Kano farmers urged to embrace hybrid seeds
The call was made by Managing Director Maina Seeds Limited, Auwalu Balarabe, during a field day of 2nd IITA/AGRA foundation seeds dissemination projec
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Reviving Nigeria’s moribund cotton, textile industry
Nigeria, despite its rich supply of oil, is richly blessed with the environmental conditions required for food production. Although the nation has bun
‘We developed sweet potato flour for bread, akara, pap’
Recently, Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) has been promoting the use of orange-fleshed sweet potato. What has the institute done in the
UAE gives non-interest loan to farmers to reduce import
The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, managing the loan system, said interested farmers working in the agricultural sector will be provided wit
‘Many cocoa farms have been abandoned’
In the past, we used to hear that cocoa was in the major list of export crops from this country. A lot of money was made from it, but what is th