Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has established a technological- driven Agricultural Market Information Centre to provide reliable and up-to-date one- stop data […]

The Council of Ulama has said the only solution to the persistent herdsmen-farmer crisis in Nigeria is the introduction of ranch system for the herdsmen instead of the present system of moving their livestock […]

Farmers: Sunny DeLegend Services, an NGO, in collaboration with Kogi Government on Saturday trained 500 farmers on “Agriculture Beyond Food: E-commerce Training”.
The Managing Director of the NGO, Mrs Joy Amu […]

Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector: Nigeria is on the verge of diversification, enhancing the agricultural sector as one of the key drivers.
In this report Addullahi Olesin from Ilorin writes, calling on government a […]

President of Harvestfield Industries Limited, Martins Aderemi Awofisayo, an indigenous agro and healthcare company recently signed-in by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, for the […]

Plantain sellers at Zuba Market in Abuja. Photo: Abubakar Sadiq Isah

Artificial ripening of fruits with calcium carbide has continued in the country exposing consumers to high risk of developing cancer, […]

The government is to make available 15,000 metric tonnes of improved seeds for distribution to 500,000 farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme (PFJ) this year.
The seeds include rice, maize, […]