Agriculture

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Controlling maize diseases and pests in your farm

As a farmer, you must know that the yield you get could largely be influenced by attacks from diseases and or pests.   To effectively control thi

Tweeting from the field: how farmers are using social media

Piglets are nibbling on his shoelaces, but Marcus Holtkoetter only has eyes for his tablet: he’s engaged in a fierce Twitter debate about the he

FG targets 130, 000 hectares of irrigated agriculture by 2020 – Minister

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it has began the implementation of the National Roadmap toward increasing the country’s irrigated a

Unplugging the potentials of neem tree

Neem, also known as Nimtree or Ineem, and scientifically as Azadirachta indica, is a tree belonging to the mahogany family typically grown in tropical

Akwa Ibom to import 2000 cows from Mexico

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has said that his administration will establish a ranch in Uruan area of the state that would accommodate ab