Guide to growing lowland rice
(Recommended by USAID/ ICS-Nigeria) Choice of land Choose fertile land with a moderately high water holding-capacity. Heavy soils characte
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RMRDC distributes 10,000 improved oil palm seedlings
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has distributed 10,000 seedlings of improved variety of oil palm known as Tenera to farmers
AU-IBAR strengthening Livestock data collection system in Nigeria
African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), through the Vet-Gov pilot project in Nigeria, is working to ensure harmonised lives
Armyworm frustrates farmers in Katsina
A type of armyworm, called ‘Ganzari’ in Hausa, has in the last one month been a source of concern among maize and other cereal farmers in
Cotton alone can bail North out of poverty – Industrialist
A renown Kano industrialist, Alhaji Dattijo Adhama, has said that cotton alone can bail the north out from poverty if government, farmers and in