Agro exports fall 36% to N803bn in Q2
By Cynthia AloNigeria’s agricultural export earnings fell by 36.09 per cent year-on-year to N802.99 billion in the second quarter of 2026 (Q2’26) from N1.26 trillion in the corresponding period of 2025 (Q2 ’25), latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has shown.The figure also represents a 31.51 per cent decline from the N1.17 […]
Modern farming techniques panacea to Nigeria’s food sufficiency – Lokpobiri
THE Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Wednesday, urged farmers and other stakeholders to adopt modern farming techniques as panacea to food sufficiency.
50% of farming still done with hoes in Nigeria”
Managing Director, Springfield Agro, Tarun Kumar Das, has reiterated the need for mechanisation of agriculture in the country for it to be able to attract the younger generation.
Agribusiness: Cassava growers train Edo farmers on farm mechanisation, good agricultural practices
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association, NCGA, has completed training for framers in Edo State on farm mechanisation and Good Agricultural Practices, GAP.
National summit on Plant resources will unleash Nigeria’s forest potentials – Prof. Iwu
A former chairman of the Steering Committee and a former Chairman of INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu says the 1st Bi-Annual National Summit on Plant Genetic Resources for Sustainable national Growth and development is targeted at unleashing Nigeria’s forest potentials and economic growth.
Bayelsa, 9 other States benefit from FG’s 10 large rice mills
AS Federal Government, Monday, officially awarded contract for construction of 10 large rice milling plants, Bayelsa State included among nine others have them for production of large quantity and quality of rice towards achieving self-sufficiency in rice.
