Farming and Livestock
25 rice farms destroyed in one night – and millions of naira lost
Brief – It took just one night for cattle belonging to herders to destroy 25 rice farms in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State – and the farmers […]
Outbreaks of deadly cattle disease found in Dogondoutchi and in areas bordering Nigeria
Outbreaks of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) – an insidious pneumonic disease in cattle – have been recorded in the Department of Dogondoutchi, in the Dosso region in Niger, for almost […]
Internally displaced persons crying out for farming equipment and better security
Internally displaced persons at the Kawar Maila camp in Maiduguri urgently need farming equipment and more security, saying they are helpless without them. They have asked the government and non-governmental […]
Rice farmers count their losses instead of their profits
Rice Farmers in the Jere Local Government Area in Borno State are counting their losses instead of their profits because of very low rainfall in the area. And farmers in […]
Soaring fertiliser prices could result in reduced harvests and even higher food prices
The skyrocketing prices of fertiliser could exacerbate already high food prices and food availability. So say farmers in Adamawa State, who told RNI reporter Abubakar Mustapha that the high prices […]
Roaming elephants leave farmers poor and starving
A herd of roaming elephants – numbered by some to be as many as 250 – is disrupting farming in Rann, a town in northeast Nigeria close to the borders […]
Women farmers desperately need support to start over, saying it’s hard to start with nothing
Although farmers in Borno State have been urged to return to their lands, women say they lack adequate support to start over. It’s hard to start with nothing, they have […]
Farmers can’t wait to live off the land again
Farmers near Maiduguri in Borno State are cheering – they might soon be able to go back to their lands to farm in safety. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum visited the […]
Farming: A life not worth living
Rapes, murders, kidnappings and abductions – these are what threaten farmers in Maiduguri in Borno State every time they go to their land. Attacks by extremists have got more […]
Insurgents sabotage cattle trade
The 11-year conflict in northeastern Nigeria has put a stop to herdsmen and cattle traders travelling too far from Maiduguri in Borno State to buy livestock because it’s just too […]
