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Often times, people find it difficult to differentiate between simple and common agronomic terms, such as the difference between crop and plant and the difference between a fruit and a seed.

As an agronomist or a student of agriculture, it is very imperative you know some simple terms in agriculture. These terms will add value to your expressions in time of any agricultural function or engagement.

They, knowingly or unknowingly, use these terms indiscriminately, calling a fruit, seed and otherwise. This article will shed more light and comprehensively differentiates between a seed and a fruit as simple as possible.

Permanent raised beds By definition simply means a no-till, raised the area of a known dimension for growing crops thereby leaving room for a pathway, alley, walkway, or furrow. It thus reduces the need to make ridges every year and also reduce the cost of production.

Cashew production is one of the fast-growing crop enterprises. The economic value of a cashew tree is increasing at a spontaneous rate owing to the health benefits that have been recently discovered in cashew nuts and cashew apple.

On 21 May 2018, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) confirmed the outbreak of newly discovered species of Armyworm, Southern Armyworm, in the southern region of Nigeria. This pest was first noticed in December 2016 on 450 acres cassava farm in south-eastern Nigeria and also in southern Benin in 2017. It is the Southern Armyworm (SAW).

Many lovers of potatoes today do not really know the type and nature of what they eat. All they crave is the pleasure they derive from these sumptuous foods. There are two types of potatoes; we have the Irish potato and the Sweet potato.

The Irish potato is the common and regular one; although, they are both widely consumed and cultivated across the globe. There is a broad difference between these two potatoes.

They are of no means or any way related; even though they bear the same common name. From this article, you will have a change of mind or let me say you will make a new choice of potato you consume.