Institute releases new varieties of maize, sorghum, groundnut
The Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru, Zaria in Kaduna State has released a number of new varieties of maize that might interest farmer
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Global agro exhibition now holds October
The ECOWAS agriculture, agro-allied and technology exhibition which was earlier slated to hold in March 2016, has now been shifted to October 2016. A
How 10,000mt of grains will cushion effect of rising food prices
The announcement by the federal government that it will release 10,000 metric tonnes of grains from the nation’s 26 strategic grains reserves ac
Songhai Farm initiative suffers neglect in states
One of the biggest agro initiatives in the last decades is the multi-million naira Songhai Farm projects which some sates in the country tapped into.
Your cow muck can make money for you
“A dairy farmer is making more money using the slurry produced by his cows for energy production than he is by selling their milk,” accord