Agriculture

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

Orange-fleshed sweet potato: Treasure crop with ready market

The orange-fleshed sweet potato is the new breed that is bio-fortified and contains high amount of beta-carotene. It is also good in vitamin A and oth

‘How Nigeria can meet Malaysia, Indonesia in oil palm production’

Emmanuel Ibru is the Chairman of Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aden River Estates Limited. In this i

FG commences construction of farm estate in Ogun, targets Lagos market

The federal government, through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), has commenced the construction of its Integrated Farm Es

Kano approves $.9m for agricultural development projects

the fund is for full implementation of the program in terms of effective

Over 800 farmers to earn directly from farm estates in Imo, Abia

the fish village sits on 100 hectares and would accommodate 250