Agriculture

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Ugwuanyi inaugurates ‘Agro Rangers Squad’ to tackle herders, farmers’ issue

Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Monday inaugurated the Agro Rangers Squad, a scheme, he said would provide for the “arrest and prosecution of

Coconut trees going into extinction, warns Lagos agric ministry

Coconut trees may soon go into extinction in Lagos State, if residents failed to desist from cutting the trees without replanting, Olayiwole Onasanya,

New rice floods Katsina markets, as farmers begin harvest

Rice has, for over a week now, become a dominant produce at Katsina local markets as farmers begin massive harvest of the produce, a development that

Agro commodities can fetch Nigerians over $100b dollars annually – Expert

…it is time for Nigeria to act the talks, stakeholders say   Speakers at the just concluded 2019 Feed Nigeria Summit believe Nigeria can make muc

Why farmers don’t benefit from Nigeria agric research institutes

In Nigeria, there is a disconnect between the nation’s 16 research institutes, the three federal universities of agriculture and the farmers, a situat