With access to an estimated 9 million metric tons of water from both surface and underground sources, Nigeria is a country with bountiful freshwater resources. Yet, despite the amount of water ...

The World Bank announced its commitment to reposition Nigeria’s irrigation farming for sustainable economic development and for food security on Thursday in Abuja. The World Bank The World Bank ...

Nigeria is stepping up its efforts to reduce poverty by increasing productivity from agriculture through the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Program. The World Bank, with ...

 Osinbajo said that the objective of TRIMING Project was to enhance the productivity of no fewer than 140,000 farmers within the four rehabilitated irrigation schemes in Northern Nigeria.

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev has called on state governments to make available lands for irrigation farming to boost food production. Speaking in Minna during ...

Thousands of farmers from different parts of the country have moved to Taraba State in search of land for dry season rice production. Due to the influx, the cost of renting land for irrigation has ...

The Managing Director/Chief Excutive Officer of Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (O-ORBDA), Dr. Adedeji Ashiru, has assured the Southwest people of food security. The assurance followed ...

LAGOS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government will take loans of $945 million from the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank, to improve irrigation farming and flood ...

As food prices soar and farmlands shrink, a new generation of Nigerian farmers is turning to innovation, from hydroponic systems to digital irrigation, to grow more with less, JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI ...

Dr Karen Parry receives funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. André F. van Rooyen receives funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural ...