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Nigerian gov’t blames tomato scarcity on farm infestation

THE Federal Government said it has identified "severe infestation on tomato crops" as the cause for ongoing scarcity and...

IBP, CSJ, train over 30 women farmers on budget advocacy

MORE than 30 women farmers, under the auspices of the Smallholder Women Famers of Nigeria (SWOFON), have been trained...
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Red gold: the rise and fall of West Africa’s palm oil empire

By Pauline von HELLERMANN, Goldsmiths, University of London FOR thousands of years, the oil palm - indigenous to West Africa...

Cocoa vs Oil palm: battle for soul of depleting Nigerian forest reserve

“I’m a happy man today,” Rotimi Akeredolu, then governor of Ondo state, south-west Nigeria, told investors on June 10,...
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Again, farming community in Kano counts losses as River Kura wreaks havoc

By A’isha Ahmad ISMA'IL FlOODING is a devastating term most farmers in Kano State are familiar with as it has...

How goat breeding initiative empowered women in Hadejia, failed in other Jigawa councils

By Idris Kamal IBRAHIM NINE years after the implementation of Jigawa’s multimillion naira Goat Breeding Micro-Finance Scheme targeting women and...
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