Goats play a significant role in Nigeria’s economy, serving as a source of meat, milk, and income. Whether you’re a farmer, trader, or consumer, understanding the price dynamics of goats in Nigeria is essential for making informed decisions. This post highlights the current prices of goats in Nigeria, factors affecting pricing, and tips for buyers and sellers. Goat Prices in … [Read more...] about Goat Prices in Nigeria: A Guide for Buyers and Sellers
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David Clode from Reforestation.me has written an excellent guest post. His site is about practical cost-effective solutions, techniques and systems for reforestation, environmental restoration, agricultural, and social/poverty issues. Faidherbia albida (syn. Acacia albida) in the Sahel. Introduction The Faidherbia albida tree is unusual in that it drops its leaves at … [Read more...] about Direct seeding
Top 9 Farming Problems in East Africa
Farming is the backbone of East African food production, as most of the food consumed is grown on the farms all around the region. Recently, however, famers have been unable to maximize output from their pieces of land due to several issues. Below is a list of the top farming problems in East Africa. Climate change Due to the rapid deforestation occurring in East … [Read more...] about Top 9 Farming Problems in East Africa
3 PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN FARMING
The availability of rainfall has become a really major agricultural issue in Sub-Saharan Africa, considering that many crops are rain-fed. The modern and advanced methods of irrigation are expensive and their implementation is rather slow. Research has now shown that some understanding of the causes of rainfall variability would eventually lead to measures that could be used to … [Read more...] about 3 PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN FARMING
6 FARMING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE UK AND AFRICA
In most African countries, 80% of the total population engages in agriculture, mostly small scale farming. As a result of this, African farmers end up having very little land each. This is in contrast to UK where large tracts of land are used by farmers to plough their crops. UK farming technologies are more advanced as compared to the tools used by African farmers. There are … [Read more...] about 6 FARMING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE UK AND AFRICA