The Cross River Basin Development Authority has said its dry season farming programme is an attempt to revolutionaries the farming calendar for an all-year-round engagement of farmers in the catchment. The Managing Director of the Authority ENGR. Bassey Nkposong made the disclosure recently in Ogoja, Cross River State while flagging off the 2021 dry season […]

As hunger continues to bite harder coupled with uncontrollable rise of high cost of food in Nigeria and rest of West Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, Wednesday, raised the alarm over anticipated invasion of desert locusts in the West African Sub-region

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano As climate change continues to worsen in the northern parts of Nigeria, even as it is the rainy season, during which farmers look up to bumper harvests, lack of rainfall for weeks in Kano has led many farmers to lose their crops especially rice. Rice which requires a consistent water […]

Hon. Muntari Dandutse Mohammad has called for special attention on prioritizing 2022 budgetary allocation for the agricultural sector to boost food security and create employment for young people

The Federal Government, weekend, assured farmers and investors on implementation of Fertilizer Quality Control Act 2019 to boost food production