Agriculture

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

AGRO SOLUTIONS: Benin’s sugarloaf pineapple classified ‘World’s Sweetest Pineapple’

Benin’s sugarloaf pineapple, dubbed ‘the sweetest pineapple in the world,’ is on show for the first time at the ongoing China International Import Exp

FG commissions irrigation scheme to boost dry season farming in Niger

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, has commissioned Rafin-Yashi Irrigation Scheme, covering over 28 hectares

Experts worry over ‘adoption’ of child labour by Ogun cocoa farmers

Major stakeholders have decried the incessant abuse and child labour in cocoa industries, especially farmers in Ogun State and other parts of the Sout

AFEX report forecasts maize, soybean, paddy, sorghum, cocoa prices to remain high

  The AFEX wet season crop production report 2023 has forecasted that prices of key commodities are likely to remain high in the country due to a

Do not plant cocoa in forest reserve, you will lose it – Gov’t

The Ogun State government has again warned farmers and others residing in its forest reserves across the state to desist from planting cocoa seedlings