Nigeria Archives - AgriInsite

As Nigerian farmers receive early, heat-tolerant wheat variety to increase production

Olam Agri and the Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) have launched "Crown," a heat-tolerant durum wheat variety, to boost Nigeria's wheat production...

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Ethanol & Bioenergy News in English

USGC seeks ethanol policy advancements in Africa

At the 18th OTL Africa Downstream Energy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, the U.S. Grains Council advocated for a 10% ethanol blending mandate....

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Sugar News in English

Sugar production: Nigeria Minister pledges solution to irrigation problems

Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Joseph Utsev, pledged to tackle irrigation challenges affecting Nigeria's sugar production, supporting the National Sugar Development Council's...

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Maize News in English

Nigeria : Our farmers lost over N100m to maize farm attack –Rep

Hon. Bashir Zubairu Birnin Gwari reported that farmers in his constituency lost over N100 million due to a bandit attack on maize...

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Sugar News in English

Nigeria : FG to provide water for sugarcane farmers

Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation and the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) have partnered to improve sugar production by...

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Maize News in English

Nigeria : Bandits set farms on fire, destroy harvested maize in Kaduna

Bandits set fire to harvested maize on six farms in the Kwaga and Unguwar Zako communities of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area,...

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Maize News in English

Nigeria : Unilorin releases drought-resistant maize variety

The University of Ilorin has introduced its first drought-tolerant and striga-resistant maize hybrid, ILOMAZ 3, developed by Dr. Folusho Bankole and colleagues...

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Rice News in English

Nigeria Fed Govt, Ogun lift 100 rice farmers with input for dry season farming..

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Ogun State, under the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), distributed agricultural inputs to 100...