Nigeria: High Fertiliser Cost - Farmers Dump Rice, Maize Cultivation

Delta women protest against destruction of crops by herdsmen

For destroying their farms and crops with cows, women in Delta State on Tuesday staged a protest against Fulani herdsmen. The women from Isoko North LGA moved round major streets in Ozoro and stopped at the council secretariat to register their grievances. During the peaceful protest, they displayed placards with inscriptions such as ‘We Don’t Want Herdsmen And Their Cows In Our Land Again’, ‘Your Cows Are Destroying Our Crops’, ‘Herdsmen Cows H…

Top 10 Maize Producers in Africa 2025

In SummaryAfrica produced around 95 million metric tons of maize in the 2023/2024 trade year, according to Statista. A slight decrease of 91 million metric tons was recorded for the 2024/2025 season. In 2024, South Africa was the highest producer of maize in Africa, with 13.4 million tons, followed closely by Nigeria with 11.05 million tons, according to Milling Middle East & Africa Magazine. Despite increasing its production to 15.8 million met…

Nigeria: High Fertiliser Cost - Farmers Dump Rice, Maize Cultivation

There may be another food security crisis in the country due to the rising cost of fertiliser.

Agriculture Bauchi farmers lament rising cost of fertilisers

Some farmers in Bauchi have expressed concern over the high cost of fertilisers this cropping season. They said the trend had forced most farmers to abandon cultivation of maize and rice to crops that require minimal or no fertiliser application. A cross section of the farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency […] The post Agriculture Bauchi farmers lament rising cost of fertilisers appeared first on 247 Ureports.

TELA Maize Records Higher Yields, Improved Farm Profitability, Study Shows - AgroNigeria

A recent on-farm study has confirmed that TELA Maize hybrids are outperforming conventional maize varieties in Nigeria, delivering significantly higher yields, improved pest resistance, and greater farm profitability. The trials, conducted during the 2024 wet season by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in collaboration with the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, revealed that the TELA h…