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A stakeholder in the agricultural sector has urged Nigerian farmers to embrace climate -smart agricultural approach to mitigate impacts of climate change on production. The Director-General of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), Dr…

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) for technical assistance to improve crop…

The Nigerian Government chose the reserve to flag off its National Pasture Development Programme (NAPDEP) designed to allow livestock farmers across the country to develop farmstead pasture, including commercial pasture seed plots. The…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has flagged off the 2022 cropping season with the distribution of improved seeds to rural farmers in the 23 local governments areas of the state. Ortom, during the ceremony at the premises of the…

To boost food production, the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has unveiled a mobile app, NISS Agro App, for farmers and extension agents to promote their activities and access to the market. NISS disclosed this at a training on…

The Cross River State Government has pledged support for cocoa farmers, commenced distribution of improved cocoa seedlings in the Southern Senatorial District of the state. Flagging off the exercise, the State Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu,…

The Nigerian AgriBusiness Group (NABG) and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector have discussed on how to deploy climate- smart agriculture to improve food productivity, create job and fight the scourge of poverty in Nigeria. This…

Not fewer than 50 persons in Gombe State have been trained on goat production under the Rural Employment Promotion Department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). According to NDE, three goats were given (two she-goats and…

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has said Nigeria must plant over 350 million trees annually to combat deforestation. Specifically, the Director-General, NCF, Dr Muhtari Aminu-Kano, stated this at the 20th memorial lecture in…

Women in small scale agriculture and agribusiness drawn from six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and youth from across the country have been trained in agripreneurship development by the Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute…