Agriculture

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

Flood submerges rice, maize farms in Adamawa — RIFAN

The Adamawa Chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says food security in the state is under threat after 5,000 of its members were

How farmers can find riches in bee farming

…global trade worth N162tr – Experts ….Ethiopia rakes N91.9bn annually Bee keeping otherwise called apiculture is one industry in the agricultural sec

Bumper harvest crashes prices of farm produce in Taraba

Prices of farm produce have dropped by about 50 per cent following bumper harvest in Taraba State. Daily Trust’s finding revealed that farmers in the

Benue cowpea farmers begin cultivation

Farmers in Benue State have started cultivating cowpea (beans) in order to reap bountifully during the harvest expected in November, this year. Cowpea

314 seed entrepreneurs may improve farmers’ access

The Federal Government has increased the number of seed entrepreneurs in the nation’s agricultural sector to 314 to scale up farmers’ access to qualit