AGRICULTURE

Young Africa Works project is part of a strategy to enable 30 million young people in Africa to access dignified...

The IT agency says leveraging on digital technologies and innovations will attract youthful population into agricultural sector.

"When they say women got palliative, I don't know the women they are talking about"

The Bureau's report said crop production remains the major driver of the sector, accounting for 92.93 per cent of overall...

This year’s African Youth Agripreneurs Forum (AYAF) and AgriPitch competition awarded the winner and runner–up of the mature start-up category...

The minister said antibiotics use in agriculture has consequences on human health, animal health, plant health and food safety.

"At least 700,000 people die each year due to drug resistant diseases."

The essence of the collaboration is to enhance the productivity of cassava farmers in the Niger Delta region through the...

The rise in the food index was caused by increases in prices of Bread and Cereals, Potatoes, Yam and other...

Experts believe that the Nigerian government will once again offer lip service to the plight of smallholder farmers who are...

Women in the agricultural sector contribute 75 -80 per cent of the production in Nigeria.

The academy, if implemented, will be the first of its kind in the country.

"In reality, we perform more than (male farmers) from production to processing"

The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) has introduced the National Transit Insurance Scheme (NATIS) and National Anti-Multiple Taxation Scheme (NAMTAXS)...

According to the guidelines, the Private Sector-Led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme shall be funded from the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP).

The FAO's Food Outlook is a biannual publication focusing on developments affecting global food and feed markets.

The Governor said that profit is the first thing in any business, saying that once profit is not made, investment...

Despite its huge coconut consumption record, Nigeria buys the bulk of its coconuts from Ghana and Ivory Coast, and ranks...

The proposed budget for the agricultural sector is less than two per cent of the 2021 budget.

The federal government would also acquire 100,000 hectares of land in each state for food production

The leaders of the community have asked the company to vacate their land in the interest of peace, alleging that...

A source said, "farmers out of hunger consumed some of their inputs during the lockdown".

The index tracks international prices of the most commonly traded food commodities.

Nine million people are already in the first phase of the food crisis, which runs from October 2020 to December...

The professor also talks about yam seedlings, insurance and other factors affecting yam farmers.