Agriculture

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1,520 farmers to benefit from Jigawa’s N1.7bn projects

From Ali Rabiu Ali, Dutse   At least 1,520 farmers and agricultural produce marketers will benefit from the rehabilitation of feeder roads and tertiar

200 students, 50 veterinarians targeted on livestock, veterinary healthcare

About 200 graduates and 50 veterinarians are set to benefit from the ‘Connecting Town to Gown’ (COTOG) project.  The COTOG, an initiative and innovati

FG trains 75,000 extension workers on value chain

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has trained 75,000 extension agents on value chain and methodologies nationwide in collabora

El-Rufai launches 120-ton per hour fertiliser blending plant

An ultramodern fertiliser blending plant and centre of excellence designed to stimulate Nigeria’s agro-value-chain was on Tuesday launched in Kaduna S

Why we struggle to meet farmers’ demand for Shika Brown chicken – NAPRI

One of the most successful breeding programmes of the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Zaria, is the one that produced the notab