Agriculture

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

Improved seeds: Research institutes strategise for 2019 farming season

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICR

Expect 15,000 tonnes of cotton in Kaduna this year, farmers promise

The Kaduna State chapter of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has pledged to produce 15,000 tonnes of cotton in the 2019 farming seaso

Anambra government gets accolades for resuscitating rice farm, mills

The Chairman of JOSAN Integrated Rice Mills and Farms, Chief Oliver Okeke, has commended the Anambra State Government for the successful inauguration

How soyabean farmers can overcome low yield problem

Type of seed to buy Planting time Soybean farmers, especially in Benue State are still contending with low yield following challenges militating again

Why farmers should embrace organic fertiliser

Mr Ekeoma Abara, an official of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has advised Nigerian farmers to embrace the use of organic fert