Tag:Nigerian farmers

Agric & Biotech

Elated Nigerian farmers harvest first batch of biotech-potatoes

Elder Isaiah Buwah is an aged potato farmer in the Bokos Local Government Area of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. He has grown potatoes...

Michael Simire - November 29, 2022

Agric & Biotech

NCRI releases two new rice varieties

Dr Aliyu Umar, Executive Director, National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi in Niger State, said the organisation has released two new rice varieties to...

Michael Simire - September 12, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Dry spell: Nigerian farmers want early input distribution next season

Some farmers in the North-East region have called for early distribution of farm inputs for commencement of dry season activities to mitigate effects of...

Michael Simire - November 15, 2021

Climate Change

How climate change affects 2021 harvest – Nigerian farmers

Farmers in the North-Central and Taraba have narrated different experiences from the effects of irregular rainfall patterns on harvest during the 2021 farming season,...

Michael Simire - November 15, 2021

Sustainable Devpt

ERA: Dutch court ruling against Shell a watershed

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described a Dutch court ruling today which held Shell liable for the pollution of fish...

Michael Simire - January 30, 2013