Agriculture

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

Why Nigerian youths should embrace rice farming – 24-yr-old Kano farmer

Umar Tasiu Namadi is a 24-year-old farmer, who is making it through rice farming. In this interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, the 200-level student

Nigeria loses $100m yearly grant in agriculture research – ARMTI

The Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State, has said the country’s agriculture research sector loses approxi

Scientists evaluating TELA Maize national performance trial hail prospects

The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) has said that the TELA maize variety currently undergoing National Performance Trial in Nigeria is a hig

AGRO SOLUTIONS: Smartphone app helps farmers control potato diseases

Pests and diseases destroy between 20 and 40 per cent of crops globally, and farmers in developing countries are especially vulnerable to that destruc

Agency distributes 17 tonnes of improved seedlings to Kano farmers

The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has distributed about 17 tonnes of improved seedlings to