Nigeria: Farmers dry tomatoes to reduce post-harvest losses
It’s almost eight o’clock on a sunny Monday morning and the temperature is 42 degrees. Kulu Abdullah leaves her house […]
Nigeria: Transporting tomatoes in plastic crates improves shelf life—and farmer income
It’s Friday around six o’clock in the morning and Hajiya Tabawa Hamza has just finished harvesting tomatoes. The middle-aged widow […]
Nigeria: Tomato farmers avoid glut in market by staggering plantings
It’s a Sunday morning, but Jibril Sule Dakasoye is on the way to his farm. He’s riding his old bicycle […]
Nigeria: Sorting, grading, and adding value increases potato farmers’ income
It’s a bright and slightly chilly morning. James Obadiah is standing in his potato farm, appreciating how beautiful and healthy […]
Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato
The first rains signal the beginning of another planting season. Wearing a brown wrapper and yellow blouse, Mary Bwakat is […]
A communication platform to boost production and sale of farm produce
Farmers’ Corner Community is all about developing an agricultural information-driven community platform for all players in agribusiness space within Nigeria […]
Nigeria: Mushroom farming for food, medicine, and animal feed (The Independent)
Mushroom farming is gaining ground in Nigeria, with more farmers growing the crop in their backyards or even their kitchens. […]
Nigeria: Conflicts between herdsmen and farmers bring hunger to communities
It’s morning and the weather looks friendly. Bulus Rimankante and other farmers are in their fields keeping watch and carrying […]
Nigeria: Government support needed for farmers to fight desertification, experts say (IRIN)
When Abbas Gandi lost much of his crop to desertification and drought a few years ago in northwestern Nigeria, he […]
Spotlight on the Naija Data Ladies: A network of women data journalists in Nigeria (IJNET )
A group of female journalists and data experts in Nigeria is working to get more women using multimedia technology, and […]