What farmers should know about TELA Maize varieties
In the last three years, the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has released a number of maize varieties to ad
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Farmer begins milling local rice in Bayelsa
A rice farmer in Bayelsa State and the managing director of Ovieya Rice Farm, Mr Ovieya Sini, has begun local rice production from his farm at Famgbe
How round-tripping, connivance stall FG’s wheat programme
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security launched the 2023/2024 dry season wheat farming under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme an
How Islamic Dev’t Bank-funded project helps farmers in Kano
Abdulrasheed Hamisu Kofarmata is the project coordinator, Kano State Agropastoral Development Project (KSADP), a project in Sasakawa that seeks to boo
AGRO SOLUTIONS: Tech for accurate complex cattle disease diagnostics imminent
Researchers are testing new, compact equipment to see if it can quickly and accurately diagnose specific pathogens. With cattle, most of our problems