FG releases high yielding wheat variety ahead planting season
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has released a high yielding wheat variety to Nigerian farmers to improve the output of the crop in the
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…as scientists develop ‘synthetic hexaploid wheat’
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) have developed a new variety of wheat branded as “synthetic hexaploid whea
A glance at National Livestock Plan
On Tuesday, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo officially flagged off the National Livestock Transformation Plan in Gongoshi Grazing Reserve in Mayo Belwa L
Azman Group to farm 20,400 hectares of rice in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Azman Rice Mills and Farms Limited, for the cultivation of 20,400 he
‘94,000 empowered in Kano, Jigawa through cotton farming’
Over 94,000 farmers mostly youths have benefited from the federal government’s Anchor Borrowers programme on cotton farming in Kano and Jigawa states.