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For Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in fish production and leverage its vast ocean resource for export, it needs to adopt relevant technologies that will lead to a reduction in the cost of fish feed. A Professor of Fish Nutrition,…

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has said the exportation of donkey hide remains on the Export Prohibition List. Reacting to a news report that suggested that NAQS has resumed the certification of donkey skin for export,…

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor has commended the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG Limited for its decision to suspend the exportation of cooking gas in the country. The NLNG also approved 100 per…

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for increased partnership between the government, the military and other security agencies in the state to rid the state forests of kidnappers and other criminal elements. The governor…

By Hudu Yakubu Abuja Following directives by the Minister of State, in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr.Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu to the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat to improve sanitary conditions of abattoirs,…

By Hudu Yakubu Abuja Traditional Rulers, Local Chiefs and District heads in Abuja Nigeria's capital, have been warned to desist from illegal allocation of lands to unsuspecting individuals as anyone caught allocating land to…

Following the closure of the Tiga Dam in Kano State, tomato farmers in the state have expressed fear that tomato prices may rise this season, as the dam is the major source of irrigation water to about five Local Government Areas in the…

Alluvial Agriculture, a community farming initiative supporting thousands of farmers, is partnering IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, to help 15,000 Nigerian rice farmers optimize their productivity over three years. The partnership…

Nigeria has the lowest ratio of agricultural extension workers to farmers in Africa, a new report has said. The African Seed Access Index (TASAI) 2020 Report ranked Rwanda as the country with the highest ratio of extension workers to…

The National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC) has released 49 high-yielding crop varieties to boost Nigeria’s agricultural productivity. The release of the new crop varieties was announced on Wednesday by the NVRC chairman, Oladosu…