AGRICULTURE

“The bumper harvest the rice farmers have recorded this rainy season will bring down the price..."

Sanginga marks 8 years in IITA as Director General.

The official said it is time for women to be prominent in the agricultural sector.

The farmers say many of them were beneficiaries of the CBN Anchor Borrowers’ scheme and were expected to repay their...

“For us in Jigawa, rainfall season ends by September, but we are surprised that we are still having rains"

Mr Nwanze said agricultural transformation depends on what the Nigerian citizens can do by themselves.

Mr Emefiele said he had since directed that accounts of identified smugglers be frozen in all banks

“We have never witnessed such kind of diseases in decades as no fewer than 20,000 farmers are now affected by...

The Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, said that the centre would alleviate the plight of milk sellers and improve their...

The technical session came up as a result of food insecurity caused by pests and diseases and the rising population,...

In this second part of an investigative report from Plateau undertaken by UDEME & Premium Times, the reporter brings to...

Low level of mechanisation makes rice milling in Nigeria tedious and wasteful, keeping local production at below half of potential.

The World Hunger Fighters Foundation will award annual Borlaug-Adesina Fellowships to young Africans.

The business leads say groups and cooperatives are important structures if small-holder farmers want to be attractive for funding.

“Without good diet, the body is prone to diseases, infection, fatigue, poor performance and malnutrition.'

A research station has been named “The President Olusegun Obasanjo Research Station”, in honour of the ex-President.

"We must find other alternatives to support agriculture. The facility will not support agriculture as we want it," an economist...

Rice is the most popular food staple in Nigeria with local demand in excess of seven million tonnes.

The minister says the Nigerian livestock industry should be treated with care.

“It is clear that the estimates, projections and expectations for GDP growth have been significantly different from the actual outcome."

The market targets one million jobs.

Ndubuisi Ekekwe holds four master’s degrees and two doctorates in electronics engineering, and has designed a new technology that can...

Most of the 300 seed companies and 50 seed inspectors in the country are not functioning

The African Development Bank has launched the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) to help take technologies to scale for...

Criminal syndicates in Africa and Asia are working together — and competing — to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for...