The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Pairwise, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched the Yam Optimized…
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The price of a 50 kg bag of local rice surged year-on-year (YoY) by 152.9%, reaching N95,738 in September 2024,…
A Gombe-based agronomist, Dr Joseph Kaltungo has advised farmers to shun application of harmful pesticides in preserving grain.
The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has introduced the Livestock Data and Market Information System (LMIS) to provide real-time information for transforming Nigeria’s livestock sector.
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, triggering a disruption of the global wheat supply and exacerbating the continent’s wheat deficit crisis, Africa’s…
Niger Foods has revealed how some farmers had ran away with over 100 solar pumps worth over N400 million in Niger state during the last dry season farming
The Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Aliyu Abdullahi, says the Federal Government has commenced the modernisation of equipment at the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) to boost vaccine production.
Farmers in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have expressed concerns that excessive rainfall could damage crops, reduce yields, and aggravate food insecurity across the country.
Even a stone-hearted devil cannot but must be undoubtedly empathetic to the plight of Mallam Amadu Yakubu, a devastatingly physically…
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State, and other stakeholders in the sector have lamented the incessant hike in the price of eggs just as they called for the Federal Government’s intervention.