The rice plant uses aerenchyma, a spongy chimney like plant tissue, to allow oxygen to move down into the roots and the methane producing bacteria in the soil are using the same tube to send methane up into the atmosphere.
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One critical aspect of YEFFA is its focus on strengthening the policy and institutional landscape. Recognizing the importance of a supportive environment, the program endeavors to bolster regional and continental policies to create an enabling ecosystem for youth participation in agribusiness.
“Fisheries and aquaculture is a key component of the Marine and Blue Economy which is the focus of the ministry action plan.
A non-governmental organisation, Heifer International, has offered 40, 000 dollar grant to youths and women to engage in the 2024 AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria to promote innovative and technology-driven agri-centric enterprises.
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated its 2024 lean season Food Security and Nutrition crisis multi-sector six-month plan for the North-East in Nigeria.
The Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) initiative has reiterated the need to adopt organic agricultural practices in Nigeria.
The Executive Director of, the Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Ado Yusuf says soil testing reduces costs of fertiliser application and production as well as keeping the environment healthy.
The Federal Government says its focus is to attain continuous year-round cropping in the dry and wet seasons farming to boost food production in the country.
The Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has advised farmers in North West to plant early maturing seed varieties in compliance with the NIMET predictions for the 2024 rainfall season.
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have lamented the increasing cost of Garri and how the staple food is becoming inaccessible to the average Nigerian.