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 […]
Farming becomes the new front line in Boko Haram war (IRIN)
Mallam Modusugu arrived two years ago at Bakasi Camp, a refuge for 21,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts […]
Nigeria: Farmers adapt practices to prepare for persistent floods (IRIN)
Okechukwu Onwuma still remembers the painful day heavy floods destroyed his small farm in southern Nigeria’s Delta State. He explains: […]
Nigeria: Imminent locust and quelea bird infestations to destroy crops (AllAfrica)
The federal government is warning farmers that swarms of locusts and quelea birds are about to invade farmers’ fields in […]
Nigeria: Refugees in Niger struggle for food and water (Al Jazeera)
Thousands of Nigerian refugees in neighbouring countries such as Niger have been struggling for resources since fleeing attacks by Boko […]