Agriculture

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

FG losing money at Azare-Jere irrigation project

The Federal Government is losing its investment at the multibillion naira Azare-Jere (Gurara) irrigation project. The 6,000-hectare project appears to

How Nigeria can boost fertiliser production, earn forex from limestone – RMRDC

Professor Hussaini Doko Ibrahim, director-general of the Raw Material Research Development Council (RMRDC) believes that apart from its major usage fo

Kano cotton farmers begin loan recovery exercise

The National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), Kano chapter, has flagged off a recovery exercise of the 2019 season of cotton farming, under th

Sasakawa to help C/River rice farmers boost production

The Sasakawa Africa Group has said they are in Nigeria to train small- holder farmers, assist them with inputs and boost their crop production capacit

Why ‘big men’ acquire, lockup large farmlands

They are denying us access to land – Local famers   One of the major eye-catching features along the highways leading into Abuja,  Nigeria’