‘Nigeria imports about $6bn wheat annually’
The lawmaker said that if Iran, which committed less than 25% of its land mass to agriculture, used to produce about 9 million metric tonnes of wheat
Agriculture
The latest news on all things agriculture, rural news, and information on farming.
‘We established rice investment consortium to boost production’
What is Niger State Rice Investment Consortium all about?Niger State government took the decision to harness its enormous potentials as a leading rice
How irrigation is empowering vegetable farmers on the Plateau
Located in North-Central Nigeria bordering Bauchi, Kaduna, Nasarawa and Taraba states, Plateau State with its cold weather has huge potentials for veg
‘Birds, insects made us to cover our farms with nets’
Malam Musa Maje is a wheat, maize, water melon and pepper irrigation farmer in Hadejia who said since he started farming about eight years ago in the
‘I am setting up canned fish factory in Osun’
What are the crops that are commonly produced in Osun State?We produce cassava, maize, yam, cocoa, palm oil, cocoa yam among others.How about market f