Agriculture

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

FG moves to save Lake Chad from drying up

The federal government in collaboration with the Lake Chad Basin Commission has begun a move aimed at preventing Lake Chad from drying up. As part of

Organic agriculture bill underway

Pro-organic agriculture experts and other stakeholders at a recently concluded summit in Abuja have unanimously appointed Dr. (Mrs.) Sarah Jubril, who

FG to reduce wheat import by 50%

The federal government will support potato farmers to achieve all year round production in order to reduce wheat flour importation in 2017, the minist

Jigawa Govt partners AFDB to develop irrigation scheme

 The Jigawa Government says it will partner with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade the Hadejia Valley project, to encourage irrigati

How to effectively store seed crops

  One of the major challenges confronting farmers in the country is their inability to properly store seed crops, which is responsible for aflato