Is Nigeria taking due advantage of the current economic crisis to divest to agriculture? What are policies and programmes to achieve this? What is the budgetary provision for agriculture? Find out on FARMERS MARKET!!!Continue Reading
Is Nigeria taking due advantage of the current economic crisis to divest to agriculture? What are policies and programmes to achieve this? What is the budgetary provision for agriculture? Find out on FARMERS MARKET!!!Continue Reading
LEAF MINER! TUTA ABSOLUTA! TOMATO EBOLA! Call it what you will, the fact remains that Nigeria risks a major tomato drought at a time when plans for tomato paste self-sufficiency are afoot. This and the impact of tomato ebola on local farmers is the focus of FARMERS MARKET. Pls watch and leave a comment.Continue Reading
Goats are known for their lively behavior, they belong in a herd of which they depend on for their own safety. Thus, taking some precautions to make sure you get healthy goats is very important. You can raise goats for their meat or milk. Meat from goats is low in fat, and their milk is just […]Continue Reading
Tomato, a pulpy nutritious fruit commonly eaten as vegetable, easy to grow and is becoming a more popular crop as a couple of tomato plants will produce hundreds of fruit. Botanically, tomato belongs to Solanaceae or nightshade family of common vegetables, which also includes chili peppers, potato, eggplant, etc. This vegetable of Central America has seized the attention Continue Reading
Nigeria’s government has announced plans to recapitalise and re-engineer the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) to enable farmers secure financing at singledigit interest rate. Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo who stated this at the official launch of the new roadmap on agriculture “The Green Alternative” says it is a determined move to boost agriculture as part […]Continue Reading
A new mobile application designed for flood forecasting, especially along the Niger and Benue Rivers has been launched by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The application named ‘Wetin App’ is a collaborative project of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and it will be available on […]Continue Reading
Onions, garlic, shallots and leeks are members of the lily family and belong to the genus Allium. Onion is an important commercial vegetable crop worldwide in addition to being widely grown by home gardeners. Garlic, shallots and leeks are often grown at home since they are sometimes hard to find in stores. Soil Preparation Onion grows […]Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) receives a boost with a USD 9 million equity investment from the African Development Bank. The equity investment is to enable the Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) to provide expansion capital to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). FAFIN is a first-generation private equity fund that Continue Reading
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