Agriculture

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Absence of dams crippling cucumber farming in Katsina

The absence of earth dam has been identified as a factor militating against cucumber and other crops farming in Danja, Katsina State. Danja Local Gove

Dealers want FG to tap rice production potentials in South-South

The Regional Coordinator, South-South, Rice Paddy Dealers Association of Nigeria, Engema Jumbo, has called on the federal government to consider and f

Fertilizer scarcity looms, as 135 trucks still held in Lokoja

Dealers of fertilizer in Kano State yesterday appealed to the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, ensure immediate release of the fertilize

How Kaduna ginger farmers hit gold

Kaduna State is the largest producer of ginger in the country. Checks by Daily Trust in the southern part of the state revealed that many ginger farme

Sorghum with higher iron hit market

The release of two new nutritionally high sorghum varieties, one with three times higher iron content, will be a boost for farmers as well as the maln