Agriculture stakeholders in Africa, has said that building a resilient food system, intra-African trade and empowering smallholder farmers would drive…
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Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has approved the distribution of hybrid cocoa seedlings to cocoa farmers across the state. The…
Since the late 1990s, West African countries including Nigeria, have experienced one of the highest rice- demand growth rates in…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has earmarked over N2 billion to support…
A veritable seed system sprouting from a fully developed and supported (Early Generation Seed (EGS), Foundation Seed (FS) and Certified…
The Laboratory for Geoecology and Sustainable Food Systems (GeoLab) of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in conjunction with…
By Mustapha Sumaila Over the years, government after government in Nigeria have been criticised over inadequate financing of agribusiness due…
By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta As media reports (based on information from the National Bureau of Statistics NBS), continuously indicate that…
With the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revised forex policy excluding Maize from the list of commodities eligible to obtain…
Nigeria’s quest to introduce maize varieties resistant to insect pests such as Stem Borer and Fall Army Worm (FAW) and…