Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has attempted to enhance food security and employment numbers for the region’s potato farmers, according the FCT Administration (FCTA) secretary for agriculture and rural development Olvadi Madayi
Agriculture
Crop rotation technology to aid Ghana's farmers
A technology able to address declining soil fertility in food production has been made available to smallholder farmers in Ghana
Nigerian government donates seeds to 7,000 farmers
As part of the Nigerian government’s plans to boost the country’s agricultural self-sufficiency, free sorghum seeds have been distributed to more than 7,000 farmers in Kudana State
New Nigerian crop hybrid tackles vitamin deficiency
Nigeria has formally released two new vitamin A-rich and high-yielding maize hybrids into its agricultural sector with the intention of reducing the West African nation’s vitamin A deficiency
Zambeef announces 45,000 tonne crop prediction
Zambia’s top wheat-producing company Zambeef expects to generate 45,000 tonnes of the crop this year, with its Mpongwe farm contributing more than 50 per cent of the production