The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) says it is mapping out strategies to tackle the menace of fruit flies in prone areas. The Coordinating Director of...
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) says the 20 per cent interest charged by banks on agricultural loans cannot yield the desired growth in the nation’s agro-business....
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) said that plant biotechnology would address some of the constraints farmers encountered in producing their crops. The foundation’s Project Manager...
Farmers in Osun State has urged government at all levels to make the distribution of farm inputs and financial assistance to them a priority in this...
The Rice Millers, Processors and Dealers Association of Nigeria (RIMDAN), has alerted that poor quality rice had been smuggled into the Nigerian market. The Vice Chairman...
Katsina State Government says it has allocated 18,300 bags of subsidised fertiliser to farmers for dry season farming in some parts of the state. Chairman, Katsina...
The South-West Regional Director in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Julius Odeyemi, says the gradual depletion of the soil was responsible for...
The Bauchi State Fadama III project has disbursed more than N313 million to 97 Fadama Community Associations in four years, an official said. The state’s Coordinator...
Some 200 unemployed graduates and 400 other youths, who indicated interest to become farmers are being trained in modern agricultural practice at the Oodua Farmers Academy...
President, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Dr. Gani Enahoro, has called for the establishment of a Meat Commission to curtail the deplorable standard of abattoirs. Enahoro...