To track the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), AgroNigeria started the #TrackYourMinister Weekly Brief. Here is our coverage of the ministry this week. Looted Wheat, Maize Seeds Not...
The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has introduced a new disease-resistant maize variety to farmers in Akwa Ibom State. The new variety, known as Oba Super 13 can produce between 5,000...
The Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has revealed that it budgeted over N300 million for infrastructural development of five cattle markets in the state. Project Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Garba...
The world over, across all sectors of the global economy, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is leaving ruins in its trail. One of the most battered is the agricultural sector. In Nigeria,...
An Abuja-bound train in the early hours of Wednesday reportedly crashed into ‘stray’ cows on its track, killing 60 of them as their herders fled. Former senator of the Kaduna Central...
Following field trials, the commercialised genetically modified Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea variety, SAMPEA-20-T, has shown excellent results, according to farmers in Niger and Plateau States. SAMPEA-20-T was developed locally by...
Former World Bank Director, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reportedly emerged the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). According to reports, Okonjo-Iweala pulled a total 104 votes from 164 member...
The North East Commodity Association (NECAS) has said hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests have carted away 110 new tractors from the association’s warehouse in Yola. Chairman of the association, Alhaji...
A total of 282,529 pupils are currently being fed under the Federal Government Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Zamfara State. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya...
The Plateau State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to lend its support towards improving agro-processing in the state. Governor Simon Lalong made the call while receiving a delegation of...