Agriculture

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

Coconut: Farmer urges FG to utilise potential to increase GDP

A coconut farmer, Chief Sanjaav Tandon, has called on the Federal Government to utilise the huge potential in coconut value chain to earn more foreign

AGRO SOLUTIONS: Crop production without sun possible, study reveals

Researchers have discovered a new way to grow plants using artificial photosynthesis, requiring no sunlight at all, Modern Farmer reported. Photosynth

2 Yobe students get N5m for inventing farm tools

Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe presented N5 million cheque to two students, Abdulhamid Maigari and Abubakar Mohammed, who fabricated locally harrowing and

IFAD, FG commit N428bn to smallholder farmers

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Nigeria Country Director, Ms Dede Ekoue, has disclosed that a total of $1 billion (N428.61

Tiger nut: Why Nigeria must cut a piece of $1bn global market

Tiger nut, also known as the yellow nutsedge, is the tuber of the cyperusesculentus plant.  According to a US Transparency Global Market Research, the