Agriculture

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

Jigna farm, where millions of catfish are produced

Jigna Farms, with an array of well-designed ponds, is one of the biggest fish farms in Abuja. With a capacity for half-a-million tonnes of table-sized

Kano govt tasked on pigeon pea production for export

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service has called on Kano State Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to encourage massive pigeon pea production for

58 years after, fresh tomatoes arrive Lagos from Kano by rail

History will be made this evening as fresh tomatoes from Kano arrive Lagos by rail after 58 years. Emmanuel Itoya Ijewere, one of Nigeria’s emin

How farmers can use their produce for bank loan – NCX boss

  The MD/CEO of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), Mrs Zaheera Baba-Ari, has said farmers can now use their farm produce as collateral to secu

Sokoto carrot farmers push for seeds, processing plant

Sokoto is famed as a key producer of carrot, a popular root vegetable which experts have noted to be very rich in Vitamin A, dietary fibre, antioxidan