Agriculture

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

Extension service: A panacea for agricultural challenges

An efficient agricultural sector enables a country to feed itself, immensely contributes to development, guarantees food security and severely reduces

Establishment of feed mill factories can defuse herders-farmers conflicts – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has observed that the establishment of feed mill factories for a wide range of livestock has the ability to help

Tomato disease: Apply pesticide at night, ABU tells farmers

The Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has conducted a survey on the new tomato disease and advises

…Over 200 hectares of farms affected in 4 Kaduna LGs

Over 200 hectares of tomato farmland have been ravaged by the same disease in four local government areas of Kaduna State. The affected local governme

Consumers abandon fresh tomato in Sokoto

Scarcity of fresh tomato has reached an all-time record in Sokoto with over 90% of consumers said to have opted for alternatives. “Every year be