Agriculture

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

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

Obasanjo canvasses for biotechnology to end hunger

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said without modern method like biotechnology in agriculture, global efforts at ending hunger will remain a mir

Bauchi state govt commended for increasing agric budget by 2.6%

Bauchi state gover‎nment has been commended for increasing the budget to agricultural sector by 2.6 per cent in its 2018 budget. Bauchi State Publ