Agriculture

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

Benue to sell fertiliser below FG price, pegs bag at N4,000

The Benue State Executive Council has approved N4,000 for the sale of 50kg bag of all brands of fertiliser for the 2018 cropping season. The Commissio

Lagos plans 32 tonnes per hour rice mill

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Toyin Suarau, says the state is completing the process of establishing a 32 tonnes per hour rice mill

Kwara moves to ban charcoal production, tree felling

A bill seeking to prohibit the production, transportation and sale of charcoal in Kwara State has passed through second reading at the Kwara State Hou

100 Ekiti cocoa farmers get improved seedlings

A community leader, Chief Sesan Fabamise, has donated 10,000 cocoa seedlings to 100 farmers in Ijan-Ekiti, Ekiti, to increase cocoa production and to

Grasscutter farmers seek CBN’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme

Dr Chinedum Eluwa, president, Grasscutters Farmers Association of Nigeria (GRAFAN), has said that the association will soon access loans for members t