Agriculture

Kogi State government says in a financial report that it spent over two billion naira on agric-related projects to help the sector recover from the COVID-19 pandemic but farmers in the state deny receiving any support. Adams Aduojo was dissatisfied with the conduct of the labourers he contracted to plough his farmland for planting of beans. The commercial farmer who lives in Enjema, a rural community...

FOR Olanrewaju Ajabi, a pig farmer resident in Oke-Aro, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, the year, 2020, will forever linger in her mind. Last year, she lost her spouse, Funsho Ajabi, to the effect of African Swine Fever (ASF) on their pig farm. He died from  trauma. Strangely, the double tragedy occurred during COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria. Close to a million pigs were...