Despite 12 livestock programmes, sector records little progress
In the last 15 years, the federal government has designed and established 12 livestock initiatives to develop the sector. These include the National
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Every seed traded in Nigeria without codex is ‘adulterated or fake’
As the rain-fed farming season has begun, farmers are strongly advised to buy seeds that are packed with seedcodex, which authenticates a genuine seed
‘Nigeria to begin wet season wheat production this year’
Alhaji Salim Sale Muhammad is the national President of Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria. In this interview, he talks about the ongoing wheat har
Oil palm farmers get chisel harvesters, fertilisers in Edo
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), has tra
AGRO SOLUTIONS: An electrifying way to make rice farming greener
Rice farming is a big-ticket item in greenhouse gas emissions. A staple food for more than half of the world’s population, rice is almost always grown