AGRICULTURE

Available data suggest the country improved marginally in the production of key food in 2021.

Nigeria’s performance in 2019, the study year, was still worse than two years earlier.

African Development Bank financing for this programme represents one of the Bank’s most ambitious operations in terms of scale and...

The rice mill has been built with a capacity to produce 2.8 million bags of 50kg bags of rice yearly

The deal also involves expanding the rice firm into a Staple Crop Processing Zone.

Over 100 residents of Tse-Poor, an agrarian rural community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, are still licking their wounds,...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 134.4 points in November 2021, up 1.2 per cent from October and 27.3 per...

To prevent infections on newly propagated plants, one farmer rubs fluids from aloe vera plants on the exposed surface of...

The report says nearly half of all pesticides in Nigeria are highly hazardous products banned in European markets.

Rice farmers said bumper harvest was possible through their use of improved seedlings, which boosted their production by about 25...

Recurring attacks have displaced about a fourth of farmers in the North-central state since 2018, the farmers' body said, leading...

Benin Republic is considering providing 30,000 hectares of farmland to Labana for rice production.

Developing regions account for 40 per cent of the total and their food import bill is expected to rise by...

Higher international prices and freight rates will combine to propel the cost of importing food to USD 1.75 trillion in...

The rise, the highest since July 2011, was led by vegetable oil and cereals.

Despite the government's professed commitment to sustainable projects, findings have shown that some of the identified projects implemented under the...

Juliana Achimugu cultivates rice and maize on her one and a half hectare of land.

The group cites a widening gulf between buyers’ demand and availability of produce to meet them.

The organic agriculture system brings some benefits for human health and the environment, according to the Association of Organic Agriculture...

The NBS compares the prices of egg, rice, garri and more.

The Nigerian government is proposing just 1.8 per cent of the 2022 budget for agriculture, significantly short of the Maputo...

Theresa Paul, who farms in Abuja, says she faces other challenges as a farmer.

The approval allows for open cultivation in the country.

The president signs the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill 2021.