Nigerian farmers groan as fertiliser price soars despite increased local production
The price increase is despite over $121 million invested by the Nigerian government in the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI).
The price increase is despite over $121 million invested by the Nigerian government in the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI).
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 130.0 points in September, up by 1.2 per cent from the figure recorded in...
The price of a litre of palm oil moved from N600 to N1, 000, while vegetable oil increased from N2000...
The facilities are to serve as the point for stacking, weighing, and evacuation of cashew nuts from Niger, Edo, Benue,...
This crop which grows tall like corn in the tropics is used for a lot more than just meal for...
Nigeria generates an average of $1,400 per metric tonne of sesame exported.
The volume of production and consumption of cotton in the country rose by at least 7.5 per cent in 2020...
The scarcity of this essential commodity, which Nigeria happens to be its largest producer, is fast crippling the poultry sector.
The highly contagious animal disease affecting domestic and wild small ruminants was first identified in Côte d'Ivoire in the 1940s.
Calicivirus was first discovered in China in 1984, and has been found to be a swift rabbit killer, giving little...
The Ministry of Agriculture says Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey.
UNEP said the funding would help strengthen climate resilience, restore degraded land, create green jobs, and protect biodiversity in Africa.
"Once swarms arrive in favourable areas, they will mature and lay eggs that will hatch and cause hopper bands to...
Farmers now worry about the takeoff of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
One of the reasons for this ban was failure on the part of Nigeria to provide sufficient documentation within the...
The official also gives reasons why Nigeria cannot export honey to the EU yet.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 21 the International Day of Forests in 2012.
The masterplan seeks the attainment of sugar self-sufficiency, and estimates that the country's demand will reach 1.7 million metric tonnes...
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