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Mrs Sodeke, a widow, has struggled alone without government support, yet she is constantly harassed by herders and criminals.

Traders cite insecurity and the government's failure to compensate its members who suffered losses in the past.

One expert says the biggest driver of land degradation in the continent from the agriculture perspective is "tillage".

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 127.1 points in May 2021, 4.8 per cent higher than in April and 39.7...

The fund through technology will support 50,000 smallholder women and youth farmers growing rice, maize and soybean, a statement by...

Environmentalists made this call during the third session of a dryland fellowship thematic training organised by Climate Tracker which was...

The facilities are to serve as the point for stacking, weighing, and evacuation of cashew nuts from Niger, Edo, Benue,...

The sector contributed 22.35 per cent to the nation's economy, better than the same quarter in 2021 but lower than...

Mira Mehta runs the promising firm that has received $10 million worth of investment.

Unlike the rest of the world, here in Africa we still have indigenous honeybees living in the wild and in...

Abuja had the slowest rise in prices on month-on-month food basis.

Aderonke Eko-Aderinoye, founder of Agrihub Nigeria, says farmers face more pressing issues.

The state government had acquired about 500 hectares of lands in 1985 to revatalise food production in the state

At least 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels across 55 countries in 2020

Mrs Malokwu says she had to quit tailoring for farming after losing her husband.

Asibi Gede, 55, who owns farms in Abuja says she has suffered from insecurity and feeders have destroyed her farms.

Nigeria has relied almost entirely on sugar imports for at least 30 years despite the government’s professed efforts to boost...

The proposed legislation is aimed at solving the challenge of animal identification and management by establishing the National Livestock Bureau.

Yinka Adesola is a large-scale vegetable farmer in Oyo State.

The currency rate remained unchanged on the black market.

Vendors, such as market women, don’t have food to sell. In addition, without buffer capacity in stores the cost of...

The FAO food price index averaged 118.5 points in March, 2.1 per cent higher than in February and reaching its...

The Chief Research Officer, Cassava Research Programme at the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, says Nigeria's productivity is too...

Hope Isaac also speaks about farming and schooling.

The organisation also launched a report on the various factors affecting farmer’s productivity in the region.