Agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, employing over a third of the population, but unpredictable weather makes farming ...

With access to an estimated 9 million metric tons of water from both surface and underground sources, Nigeria is a country with bountiful freshwater resources. Yet, despite the amount of water ...

As food demand surges and climate change worsens, the World Bank has urged Nigeria to invest heavily in irrigation farming, ...

In a determined push to combat food insecurity and drive sustainable agriculture, Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State is pioneering a bold shift from rain-dependent farming to year-round ...

Nigeria is stepping up its efforts to reduce poverty by increasing productivity from agriculture through the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Program. The World Bank, with ...

As a way of tackling projected food scarcity in 2021, the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji and traditional worshippers in Nigeria have urged the Federal government and governors in the Southwest ...

The World Bank announced its commitment to reposition Nigeria’s irrigation farming for sustainable economic development and for food security on Thursday in Abuja. The World Bank The World Bank ...

Nigeria seeks FAO support to expand irrigation, mechanisation, farmer database, and Lake Chad revival for sustainable food ...

Thousands of farmers from different parts of the country have moved to Taraba State in search of land for dry season rice production. Due to the influx, the cost of renting land for irrigation has ...

Competition for scarce water resources is evident in the North. Climate change is expected to worsen the situation. Experts have met in Sokoto to discuss how to increase food production through ...

 Osinbajo said that the objective of TRIMING Project was to enhance the productivity of no fewer than 140,000 farmers within the four rehabilitated irrigation schemes in Northern Nigeria. Vice ...

Hundreds of dry season rice farmers in Taraba State have expressed concerns over the crash in the price of paddy even as harvests have been good. Our correspondent in Jalingo reports that the price of ...