AGRICULTURE

Akwa Ibom at 17.85 per cent, Bauchi at 17.74 per cent, and Abuja at 16.67 per cent recorded the slowest...

African-based environmental groups also criticise the promotion of only certified seeds.

The Nasarawa-based farmer urges the government to provide security for farmers.

Emmanuel Ade, an agriculture expert, advised both government and rich individuals to buy and store foodstuff, now that farmers had...

The head of NAFDAC said this Tuesday while speaking on measures taken to improve the country's agricultural product exports.

Blessing Iwuofor leases land to plant and uses manual labour to process her produce for the market.

A retired university teacher says a combination of factors, including government's negligence and pollution, are to blame.

The Zero Hunger Sprint is a competition calling on Nigeria’s innovators to bring forward concrete ideas that can help find...

The former president promised to support the youth association with 500 hectares of farmland.

Customs a residential address in Lagos arresting three suspects and seizing 196 sacks containing 7,137 kg of pangolin scales, 4.6...

Many Nigerian communities still operate the traditional and family inheritance system of land ownership that gives preference to male children.

Ma'amun Da'u-Aliyu, the Managing Director of Hadejia/Jama'are River Basin Development Authority (H.JRBDA), explains how the agency is addressing perennial flooding...

Farming, the commonest means of livelihood in these impacted areas, remains a difficult, nearly impossible enterprise due to the sustained...

The government says it puts public safety first, however, and only approves safe seeds and grains for food and feed...

A UN official said an estimated 13 million people in northern Nigeria face the risk of acute food insecurity in...

Matrix Fertilizer produces premium-grade NPK and other blends of fertilisers, boost agriculture and ensure food security.

Farmers say they have abandoned their fields for fear of being kidnapped or killed by rampaging criminals.

Farmers, experts and data explain why cassava, one of Nigeria’s most iconic foods, perennially remains insufficient and expensive.

Namoi Yusuf of Nasarawa State says the government needs to act fast to save small-scale farmers from hunger amid growing...

Market surveys in seven states show that the prices of the cost of protein-rich foods rose by an average of...

“This is the first time any government is doing something like this to farmers freely.”

Bolanle Titilola says she lost about N15 million and could not recover it.

The Private Sector Financing Programme aims to spearhead an increase in much-needed private investment in small and medium-sized enterprises, farmers’...