AGRICULTURE

Mercy Nnanna says rural women farmers should be given loans at single digit interest

The average price of of rice (imported high quality) increased year-on-year by 23.46 per cent

"It's a slow killer and is affecting our farmers," an expert says.

The Southern African Plant Breeders' Association (SAPBA) recently published the list which has 20 internationally renowned plant breeders.

Nigerian snail farmers say lack of support from the government, as well as some of its policies are greatly affecting...

Mrs Isarah says big farmers hide information on market, fertiliser and quality seeds from smallholder farmers

The discovery of crude oil in the 1950s progressively led to the neglect of Nigeria's agricultural sector.

One of the reasons for this ban was failure on the part of Nigeria to provide sufficient documentation within the...

Biosecurity is a practice designed to prevent the introduction and spread of disease causing agents into a farm.

FEDCO recommended that it is only by improving the cocoa supply chain with experienced local oversight that ethical, sustainable and...

The farmers on Tuesday took their hoes to the museum at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Art and Culture in...

The farmers are demanding a rollback of three laws relating to the farming sector that were passed by parliament in...

Nigeria officially signed the Biosafety Bill into law in 2015, making it eligible to join the league of nations already...

The number of countries planting biotech crops on the continent has grown from three in 2018 to six in 2019.

The Presidential Fertiliser Initiative aims to increase the access of Nigerian farmers to NPK fertiliser

Binta Mukhtar, who can only crop part of her 73 hectares farm, says "farming is a very expensive venture"

The November increase did not only mark the biggest month on month rise since July 2012 but it also resulted...

The authority would make available the rabbits, cage, vaccine and training for the youths free.

AFAN says farmers in the north "are now very scared to go to their farms to do dry season farming".

President Buhari says he has given the military all the necessary support to defeat Boko Haram.

The farmers were attacked by Boko Haram on a rice farm, residents said.

Janet Jiya says her land is good but lack of capital is keeping her from expanding her farm.

The president of the poultry association is asking the government to intervene in the high cost of grains

Over three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages - FAO.

The policy was established in order to ensure that beneficiaries of the facility have increased output so as to be...