Agriculture

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

Extend our training, Katsina farmers plead

Most of the farmers who spoke during the one-day capacity training stressed the need for a return to the former one-year training period that would gi

Kogi govt procures equipment to boost farming

Commissioning the equipment in Lokoja, Governor Idris Wada said the equipment were his administration’s resolve to reduce the cost of agricultur

Bird flu scare: Hatcheries at the verge of closure

The situation is caused by lack of patronage in the state arising from the fear of contraction of the disease.Already, the hatchery is at the verge of

Bird flu: Over 200,000 birds killed in Kano – Agric minister

The minister made this known when he led the ministry’s delegation to Kano State Governor, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, over the bird flu outbreak.

‘Cattle thefts, not insurgency causing beef shortage’

Herders and livestock dealers who said they have fallen victims of kidnappers and armed robbers in the South-East and the South-South zones, ethnic mi