Pearl millet and tigernut, both widely cultivated in the north, are rich in essential nutrients. Tigernut, in particular, has ...

The newly released varieties include four rice varieties (FARO 71, FARO 72, ADV 8200, and Swarna 2), two sesame (beniseed) varieties (NCRIBEN 06E and NCRIBEN 07E), and two soybean varieties (NCRISOY ...

Tomato farmers in most parts of northern Nigeria are counting their losses, estimated at over N20 billion in two months, as a devastating outbreak of Tuta absoluta, a notorious tomato-eating pest, has ...

As the costs of living and doing business in Nigeria continue to go high, many entrepreneurs and would be entrepreneurs are ...

Nigeria’s five most funded agtech startups have raised nearly $150 million in capital between 2014 and 2024, according to ...

Research results demonstrate the potential of GM cowpea to enhance yields and profitability for resource-poor farmers.

Despite Nigeria’s heavy reliance on crude oil, which accounts for 76 percent of national revenue, the price of a barrel of ...

AS the world marks World Malaria Day 2025, themed “Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite”, it is a sobering ...

Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, has said that Nigeria has the potential to transform its livestock sector by drawing lessons from Denmark's success.

The Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has outlined plans to enhance Nigeria’s non-oil export revenue, which reached $5.456 billion in 2024, by significantly increasing ...

The minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, Wale Edun yesterday told foreign investors that the government through its veracious reforms ...

We cultivate rice twice a year. In 2024 alone, we cultivated over 200,000 hectares of rice. This year, we are scaling up to ...