Agriculture

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

How Kano community generates income through dry season vegetable farming

Farmers in Kanwa community, a village few kilometres from Kano metropolis, have started smiling to the bank as the harvest of their vegetables is inte

What we are doing to address climate change’s threat to food security in Nigeria – Sasakawa

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector in the country have proffered solutions to the  challenges of climate change posing threats to Nigeria’s

Katsina farmers investing more in potato production

Irish potato farming in Hunkuyi LGA of Kaduna State is gradually declining while farmers in Bakori LGA of Katsina State are fast taking over from them

Rice, wheat farmers explain low yield as harvest approaches

 Wheat and rice farmers in Jigawa State are lamenting the situation of their farms due to cost of fertiliser. Jigawa, one of the major producing state

In Niger, cost of inputs pushes many farmers out

The continuous rising cost of inputs, especially fertiliser has pushed many farmers out of irrigation farming in Wushishi and other local governments