Combining the benefits of micro irrigation and drip irrigation, Tree Hog wets a large area at the base of a tree, helping it develop a strong root system, while not encouraging weeds.
Successful land reform is possible in South Africa. It is possible to get it right – but only if the enabling conditions are correctly arranged for it, writes Terence Corrigan.
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The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has raised alarm over multiple taxation suffered by those in the foodstuff and cattle trade, a situation they say is responsible for food price increase in the country.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
