Agriculture

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

Despite the money in honey, Nigeria’s production declines

Last Friday, bee farmers celebrated the World Bee Day with a reflection on the many challenges confronting the honey value chain potentials in Nigeria

Why many bee farmers fail – Professor Yusuf

Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf is an Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, specialising in honey bee research. He is t

Farmers’ pesticides usage raises food safety concerns

A farmer in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, Eko Aboje, had few days ago applied pesticides on his large farm cultivated about a month ago

Kano, research institutes hold seed fair

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in collaboration with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (

NBS to review 30 years agric sector census database

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently rallied stakeholders from the 17 southern states to a workshop in Asaba, Delta State, on the need for