Agriculture

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Unpaid agric contractors: Union calls for restrain over N17bn debt

The Nigerian Civil Servants Union at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has appealed to aggrieved contractors protesting contin

How urea fertilizer from corncob can end farmers’ nightmare

The Federal Government through the Raw Material Research Development Council (RMRDC) has begun a process for the development of furfural urea fertiliz

NCX completes 12 new warehouses, asks for farmers’ produce

Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) has commissioned 12 delivery warehouses with a combined capacity of more than 26,000MT. The warehouses are located in

Zamfara sets aside 135,000 hectares of land for cotton production

Zamfara State Government has set aside 135, 000 hectares of fertile land for cotton farming, the Executive Director, Patriots for the Advancement of P

Why farmers don’t benefit from research findings – Prof Sharubutu

In this interview, Prof Garba Hamidu Sharubutu, the executive secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) and past president of t