Plantain farming should be an avenue for the government to get Nigerians, especially the youth, out of poverty. This is because plantain is a staple food that commands high price. The business is ...

Mr. Shelu Abu is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ikorodu, Lagos-based Shelu Farms, a farm that is into plantain and catfish farming. In this chat with Financial Vanguard in ...

TO Adetifa Olufemi, plantain farming should be an avenue for the Federal Government to get Nigerians, especially the youth, out of poverty. This is because many Nigerians eat plantain and its ...

"Farming has never failed anyone. That is why I have invested much in this -- my two-hectare plantain farm," Tatah said as he strolled through his farm.

A proper plantain farming with proper agronomy practice can last up to three decades (30 years). (iii) By processing the plantain e.g processed into flour to make 'elubo', a local meal consumed in ...

This Onam, Kerala’s spirit of self-reliance shines through the hands of Kudumbashree women. Supplying flowers for pookkalams, ...

Plantain farmers in the Ashanti Region are highly anticipating a more mechanized farming system to relieve them of the drudgery they endure in putting food on the tables of many homes in Ghana.

Growing plantains is easy; however, simple mistakes can result in a plantain tree that does not give maximum yields. Some planting techniques will have healthy, vigorous plantain suckers with high ...

Accra, July 27, GNA-The national production of plantain had increased from 1.1 metric tonnes to 3.6 million metric tonnes per annum between 1992 and 2005, an increase of about 230 per cent, Mr ...