“Pyrethrin is the most important insecticide in the world,” says Joel Maina Kibett, chief agriculture officer of Nakuru ...

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the continued support of women across the state, particularly those engaged in agriculture, through the provision of essential agricultural ...

The sun rises over lush farm fields of on the outskirts of Lagos. For more than 20 years, a farmer named Joe has tilled the land, coaxing life from the earth and reaping bountiful harvests. But here, ...

The 41st National Farmers' Day was marked across the country on Friday with colourful ceremonies that celebrated the contributions of farmers, fishers, and agricultural institutions to national ...

What a bunch of slimeballs! In just the latest major theft of a French national treasure, bandits slipped into a famous snail farm in northern France and snatched nearly 1,000 pounds of escargot worth ...

Thieves have stolen almost 1,000 pounds of escargot worth more than $100,000 from a family-run snail farm, wiping out a year’s stock just as holiday demand hits, according to The New York Times. Inès ...

The French eat about 37 million pounds of snails every year, according to the National Heliciculture Federation of France, which represents snail farmers. Much of this consumption happens around ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...

A French farm near the city of Reims, just 80 miles outside of Paris, reported a heist in which thieves made off with approximately $104,000 worth of snails used to ...

Divya Narain consults for Friends of the Earth, US and has received research funding from the Tiny Beam Fund. In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam ...

Thieves have stolen €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) worth of snails from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants. L'Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy, near Reims, said it had been ...