Agriculture

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

Farming: Benue proposes 2-day leave per week for civil servants

The Benue State Government has proposed a two-day leave of absence each week for its civil servants to engage in agricultural activities in order to e

Disease, travel-ban push tomato price up

This is the season of scarcity, and the interstate movement restriction to control the COVID-19 pandemic is further increasing the price of tomatoes.

Erratic rainfall sparks fear of poor, late harvest

….experts call for more heat, draught resilient seeds Farmers are concerned that the 2020 rain-fed season is being marred by erratic rainfall fr

Why FG should pay more attention to NCX- farmers

The Federal government and other relevant stakeholders must paid adequate attention to the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) if the country’s diversifi

Contractors barricade agric ministry, demand minister, perm sec sack

A group of contractors Wednesday blocked the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Minister’s entrance demanding the payment of