The Enugu state chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has expressed the hope that there will be a boom in cassava production in the state this year.
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Stakeholders in Abuja on Wednesday began a collaboration to discourage the felling of Shea butter trees to enhance the sustainability of livelihoods within communities in the country.
The Federal Government has officially approved the commercial release and open cultivation of transgenic insect-resistant and drought-tolerant maize variety, known as TELA Maize, along with other high-yielding crop varieties.
A new study led by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists, says high-yield varieties of foodgrains show a drastic decline in concentration of essential micronutrients like zinc and iron. Scientists also find very high concentrations of arsenic in rice.
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), has trained 1,016 extension agents and farmer cluster leaders in Jigawa towards ensuring bumper harvest in wheat production.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state government has allayed fears that it will displace some farmers with the introduction of farm estates in all the 25 local government areas of the state.
The Jigawa Government has stocked Birninkudu Dam with 18,000 fingerlings to enhance fish production in the area.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is investigating a viral post which claimed that a woman was using polytene- laced oil to fry plantain chips.
Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) on Friday called for urgent intervention of President Bola Tinubu’s administration on the astronomical hike in cost of poultry feeds.
Credible data and accurate geo-refrenced farmlands are crucial to the government’s support for farmers across the nation, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abubakar Kyari has stressed.