The Anambra State House of Assembly has given approval to the state government to access a concessionary loan facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria totaling N3,500,000,000 for strategic projects across the agricultural value chain in the state.

Maize Farmers Association of Nigeria in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State said 1,200 members have registered to receive agricultural inputs to boost production.

The value of the country’s agricultural export increased by N14.6 billion or 24 per cent from N56.1 billion in q1 20117 to N73.7 billion in q1 2018 on a year on year basis, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows.

GOLD-Forth Limited and Farms and Mills Limited which is the rice milling arm of Stallion Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the supply of GOLD-Forth Limited and Farms and Mills Limited which is the rice milling arm of Stallion Group have s...

ASSOCIATE Research Professor, Jean Feugang, of Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, U.S. has disclosed that there are ASSOCIATE Research Professor, Jean Feugang, of Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi Sta...

Cranberries are king in Wood County, Wisconsin, and local growers want the public to know all about this thriving industry during 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days July 10-12.

There are fears of impending rice insufficiency by the end of this year’s cropping season as over 12,000 rice farmers, still in various Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camps across Benue State, are unable to return to their farms to engage in their a...

John Schenk and Fiona Lees are focused on the timber industry near Hogsback, but started a part-time agricultural venture near Elliot in 2004. Despite committing to Nguni cattle, their willingness to experiment on their farm has ensured a broader scope of...

Over N42bn has been disbursed to rice farmers across the country as loan facilities by the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) since the Buhari- led Administration assumed office in 2015, the managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Kabir Mohammed...

In spite of good rains over the past week and Day Zero being averted in the Cape metropole, Western Cape farmers still need a lot of rain for the drought to be broken.

A new bill aimed at reforming the tea sector and giving farmers more say in decision making, among other radical reforms, is set to be tabled in Parliament. Read here.

‘Animal health and hygiene are paramount. You have to be so careful with every procedure, and I’m really proud to say that South African milk is up there with the best in the world.’

The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) and Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice) have, under the Bill Melinda Gates rice project, released two rice varieties that can withstand flood and increase rice yields.

Rural poor starts agribusinesses

Professor Edet Udoh of the University of Uyo (UNIUyo) was appointed Chairman of the Technical Committee on Agriculture in Akwa Ibom State in 2015 with the mandate to ensure that the state becomes self-sufficient in food production.

Agricultural stakeholders have urged Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, Kano to propagatenapier grass using tissue culture technology to aid in animal feed formulation, as it has been one of the grasses to be adopted by the federal g...