AGRICULTURE
Neglect of agriculture, locally made products responsible for current hardship – Oyo pilgrims welfare board chair
The Chairman, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing) Sheikh Hashim Atere, has declared that the current economic hardship in the country was caused by neglect of agriculture an ...
Sprinklers and drip irrigation help Iraqis beat drought
A water-saving irrigation system revived Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami's crops -- and hopes. Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFPSource: AFPAfte ...
Polish farmers block roads in new Ukraine imports protest
Polish farmers have staged regular protests against EU policies on climate measures and imports from outside the bloc. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski / AFPSource: AFP
Vietnam farmers struggle for fresh water as drought brings salinisation
A farmer sits in a drought-stricken rice field in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province, which is plagued by intruding salt water. Photo: Nhac NGUYEN / AFPSourc ...
United Kingdoms FCDO, Enugu govt partner on technical assistance on food production
The United Kingdoms Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has expressed readiness to partner with Enugu State government on food production and other agricultural deve ...
Nigeria targets $9.43bn worth of cowpeas market by 2028
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, plans to boost cowpeas value to $9.43 billion by 2028 from 7.2 billion dollars in 2023. According to NAN, the Executive ...
Nigeria Customs releases 15 detained trucks of grains
The Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has authorized the release of fifteen trucks loaded with grains back to their rightful owners, in adherence to a presiden ...
We want to derive maximum return on cocoa, coffee, oil palm – Gov Otu
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has stated that his administration wants to derive maximum return on their advantage from the preponderance of cocoa, coffee and oil palm. ...
Persistent farmer-herders crises: Tinubu hints at reviving cattle grazing reserves
President Bola Tinubu has hinted of his intentions of reviving the National Cattle Grazing Reserve Policy as a means to checkmate frequent crises between farmers and herdsmen.
Cassava is money spinner – Minister, Nnaji
The Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji has said Nigeria could earn so much money and do a lot with cassava, considering the various primary pro ...
Origin Tech Group partners Niger Govt, signs agreement on Large Scale Integrated Mechanised Agriculture Equipment Supply, Financing
Origin Tech Group, a knowledge-based and practical solution-driven leader in the agriculture food systems and operations in Nigeria has entered into an agreement with the government of Niger State ...
NAQS Director General, Vincent Isegbe reappointed by Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of the Director-General of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Vincent Isegbe. Isegbe would serv ...
Angry Polish farmers protest EU rules, Ukraine farm imports
Blowing horns, throwing smoke bombs and firecrackers and lighting fires, the farmers gathered outside the prime minister's office. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski / AFP
Farmers in Northern Nigeria pay bandits up to N100,000 for permission to farm – Report
Farmers in the North-West region pay as much as N100,000 to access their farmlands during the planting or harvest season, a new report has said. The report, titled Levies or Lives ...
India's 'drone sisters' steer farming and social change
Sharmila Yadav, a remote pilot trained under the "Drone Sister" programme, operates a drone spraying liquid fertiliser over a farm in Pataudi, India. Photo: ...
Police arrest two for selling adulterated rice in Gombe
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with 57 adulterated bags of rice mixed with the chaff. The spokesman of the command, ASP Shari ...
Kogi women farmers decry lack of access to agricultural inputs
Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria, SWOFON, Kogi State chapter, has decried the impact of lack of access to agricultural inputs, saying it has affected food production i ...
Costa Rica coffee farmers innovate as rainfall plummets
Previously, farmers like Johel Alvarado needed to do little more than plant and wait for the country's once-consistent rains. Now he has had to install a drip irr ...
Polish farmers keep German border crossing blocked
The farmers began their blockade on Sunday, parking their tractors on the A2 motorway near Slubice in western Poland, close to the border with Germany. Photo: John MA ...
Tractors throng Brussels as ministers meet on farm rules
Tractors parked in front of the European Commission building in Brussels, on February 26, 2024. Photo: JOHN THYS / AFPSource: AFPHundreds ...
Tractors roll into Paris as farmers up pressure on Macron
An unusual sight. Photo: MIGUEL MEDINA / AFPSource: AFPFarmers drove their tractors into central Paris on Friday to raise the pressure on ...
Rubber farmers bemoan govt neglect, revenue loss
Saviour and Solomon Iwot are two brothers who took over rubber plantation, a family business, from their 82-year-old father, James Iwot. Both brothers, in their 50s ...
Customs pledges to accelerate war against smuggling of Nigerias grains
Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has declared its determination to intensify efforts to curb the danger of illegal exportation of Nigerias grains to other African countries, to ensure ade ...
That Nigeria may reach its full agricultural potential
Nigeria is a lush country with fields of beautiful green and arable land. This makes agriculture a large and important sector of the economy. Despite the natural abundance, ...
Zowasel Releases Alternative Credit Evaluation Scoring System To Link Smallholder Farmers With Financial Institutions.
Zowasel, an agricultural technology company building the future of sustainable agriculture across communities, people, and the planet, has released an ...
Ukraine urges Poland to 'punish' protesting farmers
A banner reading 'Stop destroying Polish agriculture' at the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Dorohusk, eastern Poland, on Friday. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski ...
Well expand food production – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu said his government will do everything possible to expand food production and become a net exporter amid rising hunger and hardship in Nigeria.
Nigeria To Become A Net Exporter Of Food — Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that his administration was revolutionising agriculture to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production and a net exporter of agricultural products. ...
5000 farmers benefit from W/Bank, FAO $55m intervention in CRiver, Ondo
At least 5000 smallholder farmers have been listed to benefit from the World Bank, Food And Agriculture, FAO, as well as partners interventions in establishing alternative livelihood p ...
Fire destroys 30 hectares of cocoa farmlands in Abia amid price surge
A fire outbreak has razed down up to 30 hectares of farmlands in Abia State, according to Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria, CFAN, Bloomberg reports. The fire out ...