Agriculture

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

FG’s silos now functioning in Nasarawa

The Federal Government has commenced stocking of various grains in its grain reserved silos in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The manager of the National Food

Land, trees should be enough to access loans, cocoa farmers plead

Mr Ademola Adegoke, the national president, Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), has said his members lose five per cent of their produce year

NEMA distributes agric inputs to victims of 2018 flood in Edo

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of agricultural inputs to over 3,148 victims of last year’s flood in th

Harvesting water should be the norm, not exception, says expert

Harvesting as much water as possible is the surest way farmers can mitigate the effects of the changing climate, according to Erik Nielsen-Petersen a

Why FG’s new tomato policy not yielding results

When it comes to tomato, there is so much to say about Nigeria. Most of the statistics point to something wrong in the industry: high postharvest spoi