Rice smuggling: FG to shut land border in few days
The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of forei
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Jigawa farmers apprehensive over dry spell
There is growing apprehension among farmers in Jigawa State over a dry spell which is likely to affect harvest in this year’s farming season. Th
Farmers’ challenges in ravaged North-East
Herders and farmers conflicts have remained the most predominately resource-use conflict in North-eastern Nigeria particularly in Taraba State. The ne
‘Nigeria can control global price of cocoa’
Mr Chris Agara is a big time investor in Cross River State agriculture, though largely associated with oil and gas in the country. In this interview,
AfDB to invest $120 million to boost cassava, others
In the next 2-3 years, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be investing $120 million to increase productivity and transform cassava and other com