The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FARD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the […]

Children in a refugee camp in Iraq. Copyright: WFP/Inger Marie Vennize

124 million people in 51 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity, warns a new report.

ROME – A new report out to […]

The Edo State government have made fresh efforts to boost rubber production and improve her non-oil sector with the 2,500-hectare rubber plantation in Urhonigbe, in Orhionmwon Local Government with other […]

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)—assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), has said that the expansion of its scope of operation to Ebonyi was visible.
The News Agency of N […]

Agricultural Best Practices: The Kogi Agricultural Development Project (ADP) on Saturday has embarked on an intensive training for registered cassava, cashew and maize farmers from March 22 to 31, with the theme: […]

The Benue State Government has claimed that rice worth over N8bn has been lost to herdsmen attack this year in the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, James Anbua, disclosed this during a press briefing in […]

Fish Farming: The Federal Government during the weekend commenced training of 730 youths from the Niger Delta region in various vocational training, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Usani Uguru has […]

Rice Mill: The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has inaugurated the newly built Alaida Destoner Rice Mill, for the development of agriculture in the state.
The Rice Mill which was inaugurated on Friday has a […]

Drought: Iranian Vice President Issa Kalantari on Thursday that his country had suffered the worst drought in half a century during the past years.
He expressed pessimism that the crisis was due to worsen in the […]

German authorities have confirmed outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu type at a farm on an island off the German North Sea coast, the Schleswig-Holstein state agriculture ministry said on […]

Commissioners of agriculture in Nigeria’s cassava growing belt have declared weeds as major drivers of low yield in cassava and the main constraint limiting the competitiveness of cassava farmers in the c […]

Scientists with Tropical Legumes III (TL III) and HOPE II projects and other agricultural scientists have held a three day in-country review and planning workshop at the secretariat of International Institute of […]

Anchor Borrowers Programme: Rice farmers in Mani Local Government Area of Katsina State have commended the Federal Government for its agricultural initiatives, especially the Anchor Borrowers Programme […]

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has started a campaign to control the infestation of farms in Nigeria by Fall Armyworm (FAW) pest via training of extension workers on its management.
Suffyan Koroma, […]