Benue: Farmers celebrate availability of new, high-yield seed options
Farmers in Benue State were thrilled to discover that they could boost their crop production and profits greatly by planting high-yielding seeds four
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High prices as new yams hit Taraba markets
Farmers have begun harvesting yams in Taraba State but a single tuber was sold as high as N5,000 in the markets. Our correspondent gathered that farme
Despite drop in tomato, pepper prices, pests still lurk around
Nigeria is experiencing one of the worst tomato and pepper shortage in history, with prices staying high for several months. With the development, exp
Kano farmers get support to set up homestead vegetable gardens
No fewer than 36,000 farmers, mostly women, received improved vegetable seedlings to enable them adopt and set up homestead vegetable gardens in Kano
‘Why price of garri keeps rising’
Donatus Imaghodor is the Edo State Chairman of the Cassava Growers Association. In this interview with the Daily Trust on Sunday, he spoke on challeng