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
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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
BUK Centre working to bring back groundnut pyramids in Kano
The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) Bayero University Kano is leading other development partners in the groundnut value chain to produce russet r
Nigeria to start artemisia plant farming next year
Nigerian farmers will by next year start commercial farming of artemisia plant in the country. The plant, which has been reported to be potent for mal