In the past year, Nigeria has witnessed a staggering rise in food prices, primarily fueled by rampant inflation, which has…
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The Federal Government and environmental stakeholders have taken steps to validate the National Environmental (Permitting and Licensing Systems) Regulations, 2009,…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is supporting Nigeria with $134 million to cultivate 300,000 hectares of rice, 300,000…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has organised Brown Field Day for 410 farmers to accelerate cereal crop production in Gombe State.
The Sorghum Farmers Association of Nigeria (SOFAN), has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for declaring state of emergency on food security.
Fact: In 2020 the EU had approximately 19 million honeybee hives, managed by 615,000 beekeepers. These hives altogether produced 275,000 tonnes of honey. Beekeeping is practiced in all EU Member States where, together, they are the world’s second largest honey producer, after China with 500,000 tonnes. Despite millions of hives, people are worried about honeybees. Ask any number of people on the street, and most will claim honeybees are disappearing. Wrong!
By Modern Farmer Lance Lillibridge, a farmer in east central Iowa, knows farming’s ups and downs. He has been in…
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria’s agricultural revolution had led to the creation of over 13million direct and indirect jobs in…
“Regenerative” agriculture involves a number of principles to replenish the soil, reduce erosion and improve nutrition. At 200 million years…
The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi in Niger, said it had produced two flood-resistant rice varieties, to mitigate the…