Farmers in tale of woes over flooding
By Cynthia Alo There are indications that farmers may have suffered huge losses following recent heavy rains that created flooding of farmlands across the country. Vanguard AgroBiz findings reveal that many farmers across the country are now battling with the impact on survival of their farming businesses. The situation may worsen as the Nigeria Hydrological […]
Biotech crops: Fastest adopted crop technology in the world — Report
THE global hectarage of biotech crops has in creased more than 100-folds from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to181.5 million hectares in 2014 making biotech crops the fastest adopted crop technology in recent times.
Project to improve fish trade launched
A NEW Pan-African project has been launched to strengthen the continent’s great potential for increased trade in fish.
Agric firm demands review of Land Use Act
Elephant Group Africa (one of the key operators in the agricultural sector of the economy), has called on the Federal Government to review the Land Use Act so as to lessen difficulties in acquiring land for agricultural purposes by incestors.
Bauchi farmers benefit from FG’s wheat value chain initiative
Registered farmers numbering 400 have benefited from the wheat value chain initiative of the Federal Government under its Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS).
Boosting cotton production: Why Nigeria needs biosafety law
Burkina Faso’s farmers will be cultivating BT Cotton for the eight season this year and they have benefited significantly from it as they had cultivated about 690, 976 hectares as at 2013 compared to 615,796 hectares in 2012, equivalent to a 12% increase over 2012, despite the fact that global hectares of cotton were down significantly by 10 to 15%.
