Pulses are crucial for India’s protein needs, with high nutritional value. Despite challenges like soil fertility and climate, advancements in varieties and expanding cultivation on rice fallows offer ...

After opening a dam to release excess water, many rice farmlands in Shonga, Edu local government area of Kwara State, have been submerged. LEADERSHIP gathered that the devastating flooding ...

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has set up a committee to investigate the flooding of several rice farmlands in ... Farmers got to their farms on Saturday morning and met their ...

A file photo of a rice farm. Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has directed the Ministry of Agriculture to procure and deploy chemicals to combat a mysterious disease affecting rice farmlands in ...

Recently though, homegrown rice has been making a comeback. Long neglected paddies in Long Valley in Yuen Long are once again being farmed on, mainly to feed an endangered bird; Zen Organic Farm ...

“We are here to see the damage done to the farms, especially the rice farms in Tada community. We have seen what happened and we are taking the message back to His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman ...

Unusual flooding has washed off hectares of rice farm in Kwara State. The incident, it was learnt, was caused by overflowing water from River Niger. It occurred last Thursday at Shonga in Edu ...

Unusual flooding has destroyed rice farms worth millions of naira in Shonga, Edu Local Government Area in Kwara State. This is as the state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has inaugurated a high ...

Like a flowing stream in the desert, Shonga recently experienced an unusual flooding at the peak of the dry season on January 25, 2025, which swept away thousands of hectares of rice farms in ...

Over ₦2 billion worth of rice investments were lost in a single day after water was reportedly released from Jebba Dam in Niger State, flooding Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.