Over 100 local rice farmers have been trained on irrigation farming in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA). The programme is ...

A rice nursery in Gakonya village in Kiharu, Murang’a where farmers have transformed the former swampy area into rice fields using irrigation water fetched from Rutune river. [Boniface Gikandi, ...

The key to success is often rooted in a solid plan and experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are encouraging Arkansas rice producers to start that plan with the ...

National Irrigation Authority Western Kenya Schemes Manager Joel Tanui takes Irrigation PS Joseph Irungu and his entourage through a presentation (PHOTO: Kevine Omollo) KISUMU, KENYA: Rice production ...

Nigeria’s quest to reduce rice import is being challenged by erratic weather. Adopting climate-smart rice agriculture approach is one way farmers are learning to adapt to the changing weather to ...

Agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, employing over a third of the population, but unpredictable weather makes farming uncertain. The TRIMING project expanded irrigation across 43,400 hectares, ...

BURDETTE, Ark. (KAIT) - Row rice has been gaining ground, increasing from less than one percent in 2015 to 10 percent in 2020 of total rice in Arkansas. Farmers say there are many benefits to row rice ...

If you are like me, the first two things in that title go together logically, but the farming connection wasn’t obvious. That is why I decided to look into this story, and I’m glad I had a very ...