AGRICULTURE

The council was set up in 2018 and is chaired by the president.

Cocoa thrives in the rich forest soil left behind from illegal logging, stripping Côte d’Ivoire’s economy and environment.

The initiative will provide 20 million African smallholder farmers with certified seeds and will increase access to fertilizers and enable...

The ban is expected to affect the price of the produce globally, including in Africa and Nigeria in particular.

A computer science student who has been at home due to lecturers' long strike says she has found something profitable...

Officials have refused to explain why a road widely used by farmers has not been fixed after a lawmaker nominated...

The president's claim has not been independently verified. A PREMIUM TIMES investigation revealed that afforestation projects captured under the green...

The fall was led by a significant downturn in vegetable oil and cereal, according to details highlighted in the Food...

The Ogun State government has delayed the implementation of the anti-open grazing law it enacted last year; a law many,...

Nigeria was once the world's largest palm oil producer but today, it produces too little it imports.

While promoters of GMOs working to counter criticisms and reassure safety, our investigation finds that safety concerns are not the...

As communities get greedy, the government fails to enforce regulations to ensure those they licensed and illegal miners do not...

The Federal Executive Council has ratified the Port State Measures to check illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. But what are...

Ada Osakwe is the chief executive officer of Agrolay Ventures, an agribusiness investment company based in Lagos, which invests in...

The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while grazing.

Years of uncontrolled mining of solid minerals and precious stones has turned many farmlands to pitholes in Angwan Kade in...

The exercise is aimed the regenerating the state's forests and biodiversity.

Traders say the high cost of transportation accounts for the new rates they sell food and other goods now.

The tree planting campaign movement was championed by CJID in partnership with PREMIUM TIMES, the Association of Flower Nurseries and...

The group works with MasterCard to support 65,000 farmers in Nigeria, of which 80 per cent of that number must...

The country's production rose 16 per cent in 2021 above the production level in 2020 at a time concerns are...

The report said the food crisis will affect Nigerians in 21 states and FCT including, 416,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Crop farmers in Ga'ate community of Nasarawa state are dishing out key responses and strategies that are helping to prevent...

Mr Dangote, who said the effects of the crisis are already being felt in the food processing chain, added that...