Agriculture

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

7yrs of RUFIN project: FG, IFAD review impact on rural farmers

The Intentional Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in collaboration with the Federal Government have xdesigned the Rural Financial Institution-B

Repackaged agriculture isn”t the way of our parents

Africa needs the right messages and methods to attract young people to agriculture and end rising unemployment across the continent, the International

Nigeria to surpass Ghana in annual Yam export – Minister

The Federal Government says it is strategising to surpass Ghana in the export of yam to Europe and other continents. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of

Yobe govt provides 2,500 hectares of land for FG to establish grazing reserve

Yobe government has provided 2,500 hectares of land to the Federal Government  for the establishment of grazing reserves and development of fodde

How smuggling affects Kebbi paddy rice market fortunes

For some, Kebbi State is the rice capital of Nigeria. Home to hundreds of thousands of rice farmers with over 500,000 hectares of rice farmlands, the