Agriculture

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

Stimulating Agric expansion in Nigeria through knowledge sharing

At the end of 2019, a number of Nigerian journalists were on a tour in Morocco for a firsthand experience at modern facilities and research institutio

Why FG’s policy on mechanisation is not working

For over 60 years, Nigeria has been importing tractors yet less than 30 per cent of farmers in the country have access to mechanisation. Since 2007, t

Paddy dealers want FG to work on Adesina’s model on rice mill

Paddy Dealers Association of Nigeria, Farmers’ Cooperative, Rice millers and other private investors have charged the federal government to take serio

Farmers to get best seed varieties this year, Seed Council assures

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has assured farmers that they will get the best genetics and varieties of seeds in 2020 in order to boo

6000 Jigawa farmers to grow maize this dry season

The Jigawa Chapter of the Maize Farmers Association of Nigeria says it has so far registered 1,500 farmers for 2020 dry season farming in the state. A