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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nigerian farmers are no doubt excited with the prospect of expanding their capacity to grow more crops and become richer as the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has ...

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 ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and Federal government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources have signed pact on $350,000 drip irrigation fund for the ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev has called on state governments to make available lands for irrigation farming to boost food production. Speaking in Minna during ...

 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 ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on Wednesday underlined the urgent need to close a $6 billion funding shortfall to expand irrigation across West Africa and the Sahel ...

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 ...