Agriculture

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

968 Fulani maids to undergo milk processing training in Kano

The Kano State Executive Council has approved the training of 968 Fulani milk maids on modern milk processing and storage. Two maids from each of the

Controlling maize diseases and pests in your farm

As a farmer, you must know that the yield you get could largely be influenced by attacks from diseases and or pests.   To effectively control thi

Tweeting from the field: how farmers are using social media

Piglets are nibbling on his shoelaces, but Marcus Holtkoetter only has eyes for his tablet: he’s engaged in a fierce Twitter debate about the he

FG targets 130, 000 hectares of irrigated agriculture by 2020 – Minister

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it has began the implementation of the National Roadmap toward increasing the country’s irrigated a

Unplugging the potentials of neem tree

Neem, also known as Nimtree or Ineem, and scientifically as Azadirachta indica, is a tree belonging to the mahogany family typically grown in tropical