Nigeria’s agriculture sector loses about N20 billion annually due to failure of insurance companies to create products to cover small farmers, stakeholders have revealed. They hinted the need for insurance products to aggregate small farmers. It was at the 2018 national insurance brokers’ conference and
The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has said the country will witness shortfall in the harvest of rice, sorghum and cassava in the 2018 wet season. The institute, in its Agricultural Performance Survey (APS) for the 2018
Gov. Bagudu said it would make it possible for crops produced in the country to compete favourably with those of the outside world. Bagudu made the appeal when he received the EU and Oxfam delegates at the government house in Birnin Kebbi, adding that the
The proliferation of an invasive weed known as Typha grass is threatening the agricultural ecology of the Kumadugu Yobe Basin wetland in Jigawa State. The weed hinders crop production, fishing activities and destroys grazing fields. The typha grass covers 365sq km of land across six
The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) has said coffee farmers left production because of difficulty finding profitable market for their product. The Director of Extension and Economics at CRIN, Dr. Olusoji Oduwole, disclosed this yesterday in an interview with Daily Trust at the ongoing
Zimbabwe’s wheat supplies remain critical due to logistical challenges arising from failure by the National Railway of Zimbabwe to speedily move the grain from Beira, Mozambique. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe said nearly 180 wagons were stuck in Beira, blaming the NRZ for the
The National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) attended this year agric show with more technology for the medium and small scale farmers and processors. Engineer Jackson Babajide, the Chief Agric Engineer at the centre, who took Daily Trust round the stand, said they came up with new
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is pursuing a far-reaching programme on agriculture that prioritises support for farmers to enable them contribute to attaining food sufficiency in the state. The governor said this in commemoration of World Food Day,
A leading Chinese green industry company, Elion Resources Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Nigeria as part of its exploration of investment opportunities in the country in the areas desertification control, agriculture and development of new energy resources. Elion President, Wang Wenbiao,
Originally published on Farming First. This week, the world marks International Day of Rural Women, Thrive contemplates women farmers and how they are coping with today’s agricultural challenges. Take farmer Rachel from Kenya. With severe weather on the rise, Rachel’s farm is besieged by erosion. And