‘Rubber plantations ageing with outdated clones’
The national president of the Natural Rubber Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPPMAN), Mr Peter Igbinosun, has cried out
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BUK to bring back Kano groundnut pyramids
The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, Kano, is leading other development partners in the groundnut value chain to produce russe
How tree crops intervention fund will revive cocoa, oil palm
Before the oil boom, cocoa and palm oil were the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy. The boom shifted the country’s attention from tree crop production, a
Farmers raise concerns, say FG dairy policy favours importation
Local actors in the dairy sector are expressing discomfort with some aspects of the proposed Dairy Industrial Policy currently being put together by t
Wheat blast surfaces in Africa, threatens production
Scientists and partners of the CGIAR Research Program for Wheat and CIMMYT have identified wheat blast for the first time on the African continent. “W