Ebola epidemic: FAO warns against fruit bat risk in West Africa
By Mohammed Kandi, with agency report
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has cautioned communities in the West African Sub-region against...
FG trains 60 northern farmers on ginger
By Mohammed Kandi
In a bid to ensure a quality production of ginger crop in Nigeria, the Federal Government has trained at least sixty farmers...
Revisiting bio-safety regulations for agricultural development in Nigeria
By Mohammed Kandi
Thirteen years after Nigeria ratified and signed the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety, she is still grappling to have in place, a bio-safety...
Farmers to get crop insurance by 2015, says Adesina
By Mohammed Kandi
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the Federal Government would launch national crop insurance for...
Engaging Nigerian youths through agriculture value chain
By Foluso Philips
Experts have asserted that Africa has the youngest population in the world with more than 200 million young people between the ages...
