Ginger is capable of impacting positively on Nigeria’s agricultural economic development, according to Maj.- Gen. Garba Mohammed, (RTD) Chairman, Governing Board of the National Horticultural Research Institute , Ibadan, Oyo State. Gen Garba disclosed this at the opening of a Horticultural Training on Ginger Value […]
The National Institute of Horticultural Research (NIHORT), Ibadan, Oyo State, has commenced a 2-day training for unemployed youths and women, on value addition for tomato farmers. The training is taking place at the headquarters of The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, in Niger state. […]
National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) flagged off a 3 week rolling Computer appreciation training on the 14th Day of September, 2020. The training in its initial batch had eight (8) participants with comprises of five (5) members of staff and three (3) participants from the […]
A Plant Physiologist, Dr Olufunmilayo Idowu, has advised Nigerians to eat mushrooms because of its antioxidants content that could protect the human body against cancer. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday, Idowu of the National Horticultural Research […]
The Executive Director, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, Dr Abayomi Olaniyan, says the planting season must not be missed by farmers, while preventing the spread of COVID-19. Olaniyan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Ibadan that this would help Nigeria […]
The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, Oyo State, has reiterated that there are job opportunities for youths and women in multiplication of plantain planting materials and cultivation of mushrooms. Disease-free plantain suckers are in short supply and the demand is on the high side, […]
The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) in Ibadan has inaugurated a platform on irvingia (Ogbono) to optimally utilise socio-economic benefits of irvingia value chain. The inauguration ceremony was held for farmers and stakeholders from Orlu Zone in Orlu at the weekend. The Executive Director of the […]
