Agriculture

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

36 Jigawa communities lose farms to Chinese plantation

  Thirty six communities in Jigawa state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company for sugarcane plantation. The st

No going back – Jigawa govt.

Reacting, on behalf of the Jigawa State Government, the Deputy Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia said the 12,000 hectares which was initially

Farmers smile as tomato price rises in Katsina

  Tomato farmers in Katsina State are smiling to the banks as the price of the commodity jerked up recently. In most farms in the state, a big ba

Farmers’ insurance subsidy has been fully captured – NAIC

The Acting Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), Bashir Haliru Binji, has said farmers’ insurance pre

No starvation in Nigeria — FG

The Federal Government has adopted measures to bring down prices of food items in the country, Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has said. The minister