Kebbi Moves to Protect Rice Farms as Quelea Bird Invasion Threatens Wet-Season Production Emergency response measures activated as migratory pests attack key rice-growing communities across Nigeria’s leading rice-producing state. The Kebbi State Government has stepped up efforts to contain a growing invasion of quelea birds that is threatening rice farms across several agricultural communities, raising

Experts Call for Long-Term Agricultural Reforms as Food Prices Continue to Rise As food prices continue to climb across Nigeria, agricultural experts and industry stakeholders are urging policymakers to move beyond short-term relief measures and focus on long-term reforms capable of building a more resilient and productive food system. They argue that while seasonal shortages,

You Too Can Be a Farmer in Nigeria For many Nigerians, the word farmer still brings to mind an elderly man in a remote village, bent over a hoe under the hot sun. For decades, farming was often viewed as a last resort—a profession people entered only when other opportunities were unavailable. That perception is