Her farming skills were perfected in the village, where as a little child she had learnt nearly everything. But she had no plans to become a full time farmer. Rather, she relocated to Lagos in search of the golden fleece, like many people who desired to exchange the poor living standard of the rural setting…
The National Ginger Association of Nigeria has renewed its push for a lasting solution to the ginger blight disease that has ravaged farmlands across the country, leaving thousands of farmers in debt and crippling Nigeria’s once-thriving position in the global ginger market. At a stakeholders’ meeting and inauguration of new members held in Kaduna recently,…
The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has announced plans to provide N1.6 billion worth of inputs to ginger farmers in three states, aiming to mitigate the impact of the ongoing blight epidemic affecting ginger farmlands nationwide. The initiative, unveiled at the launch of the Ginger Blight Epidemic Control Task Force support program in Kaduna,…
