A new agricultural project in Plateau State is being celebrated as a turning point for Nigeria’s livestock sector. Experts say the successful cultivation of Alfalfa, a high-protein forage crop known globally as “green gold,” could become a model for sustainable…

On a Friday morning in May, a tired Omosehin Adekanle stared at a heap of palm kernels at her milling store in Okitipupa, a town in Ondo State, and a major palm oil-producing area in Nigeria. The 45-year-old woman had…

Kenya’s exquisite little pancake tortoise, locally known as kobe kama chapati, faces extinction due to habitat loss, land clearance for agriculture, poaching for the illegal pet trade and potential impacts from climate change. On 10 August, three suspects were arrested in a sting…

Farmers in Ondo, Osun and Ekiti have identified a lack of storage facilities, poor road networks, unreliable power supply and security as challenges confronting farming activities and often leading to massive post-harvest losses. The farmers, in separate interviews with the…

Belém, Brazil (November 7, 2025) — The Gates Foundation today announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world and protect hard-won gains against poverty. Announced at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where…

Over 12,000 Nigerian graduates have successfully uploaded their final year research projects to the Nigerian government’s recently established National Education Repository and Databank (NERD), a month after the portal went live on 14 October. According to a PREMIUM TIMES review…

The Benue State Government has said it is set for the takeoff of its dry season farming programme scheduled for December 2025. The assurance followed Governor Hyacinth Alia’s inspection of the Agribusiness and Mechanisation Centre in Makurdi, where newly assembled…

The Chairman of the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Chike Okafor, has warned that a bench warrant of arrest may be issued against the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Ayo Sontinrin, and the Director-General of…

Livelihood pressures, intensified by climate change and ineffective government policies, have driven communities such as Okolomade in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State to abandon conservation rules and engage in widespread deforestation. For 22-year-old Enaanasebhaami Mark, cutting and sawing…

The first part of this series covered piracy and survival among Nigeria’s small-scale fishers and traders. The second showed government inaction. This third instalment shows how shifting weather is battering artisanal fishers, as told through the experience of one community.…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Inspector-General of Police, security chiefs, and the National Economic Council (NEC) to restructure security deployments, arm forest guards, and rehabilitate grazing reserves into economically viable ranches nationwide. The president issued the directive at the…

Former Botswana President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has called on the Nigerian government to create a more enabling environment for farmers to thrive. Mr Masisi made the appeal after touring Agbeyewa Farms in Ekiti State, where he said stronger institutional support for…