How Nigeria fails to harvest from $6bn coconut market
Globally, the market for coconut is more than $6 billion, and Nigeria taps nothing from this market, and instead spends over N128 million on imports f
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Poultry crisis: Stakeholders brainstorm at Ogun Poultry Show
Stakeholders including investors and experts have converged on Abeokuta, Ogun State, for this year’s edition of the Nigeria Poultry Show. The yearly N
FRI advocates use of technologies to ensure food security in Nigeria
Farm Radio International (FRI) and other stakeholders in the agric sector have advocated the use of technologies and informative radio programmes to i
Strange disease ravages tomatoes in Plateau
Tomato farmers in Plateau State have been counting losses as an unknown disease is destroying most of their crops. The situation, they said, was affec
Why farmers are leaving cotton production for other crops
By Vincent A. Yusuf, Baba Martins (Abuja) and Ibrahim Musa Giginyu (Kano) Cotton production is experiencing decline as farmers are shifting att