FG targets $500m import savings with new palm oil estates
The Federal Government has unveiled a coordinated plan to revive Nigeria’s palm oil industry, aiming to cut import bills by up to $500 million annually through a public-private investment model built on large-scale estates and downstream processing.
FG charges stakeholders on solution to low adoption, utilization of Orange Flesh Sweet Potato
Following issues on boosting food security in the country, the Federal Government, Friday, charged stakeholders on finding solutions to low adoption and utilization of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato, OFSP, as a way to improve nutrition
Food crisis looms, Shittu warns FG
By Dirisu Yakubu A big-time farmer and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Shittu Mohammed has called on the President Mohammadu Buhari-led government to take deliberate steps to avert the looming food crisis now staring the country in the face in the wake of increasing security challenges in the land. Shittu gave the […]
Agriculture is now coat of many colours, Bellefu reveals
Technological innovations have greatly shaped agriculture throughout time. From the creation of the plough to the global positioning system (GPS) driven precision farming equipment, humans have developed new ways to make farming more efficient and grow more food. To make the food accessible to the populace, a dynamic digital online marketplace, Bellefu.com, was established in […]
FMARD, SON partner APSAN to tackle substandard, counterfeit products
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, FMARD, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and the Director-General Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON, Mallam Faruk Salim, have both expressed enthusiasm to partner Agricultural Produce Sellers Association of Nigeria, APSAN, in tackling the production, distribution of substandard and counterfeit agricultural products in the country
Farmers, extension officers in Sokoto get fresh knowledge on agric practices
250 farmers and extension officers drawn from three senatorial districts of Sokoto State have been trained on good agricultural practices and stewardship by Bayer Nigeria and Sokoto State Agricultural Development Agency.
Aflatoxins: Stakeholders commend HarvestField’s Aflasafe for salvaging maize production
As most agricultural commodities continue to face challenges of rejection in the international market, stakeholders in the agricultural sector, Tuesday, commended an agro-chemical giant, HarvestField Industries Limited, for manufacturing Aflasafe to salvage maize production from the deadly infection called aflatoxins
Nigeria’s food security needs efficient food system management
The availability of vast arable land, highly diverse and huge able-bodied population, large oil, and other mineral resources should together make Nigeria prosperous but we are struggling to feed ourselves due to ineffective, incoherent, and myopic management of our endowment
Lagos targets $10Bn revenue from agric in 5yrs — Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has projected that the total investments in the agriculture sector would run to $10 billion in the next five years.
Food Security: NALDA moves to reactivate 1,200 hectares farmland in Ekiti
By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja As Nigeria looks on to agriculture as an alternative to oil and gas for national development, the National Agricultural Lands Development Authority, NALDA, yesterday, disclosed moves to reactivate 1, 200 hectares of farmland in Ekiti State. This was made known by the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, NALDA, Prince Paul […]
PAFO and AGRA sign MoU to support smallholder farmers
The Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have signed a cooperation and partnership agreement to strengthen the capacities of African farmers’ organizations to ensure that they provide effective services to smallholder farmers, especially women and youth. The agreement will see AGRA supporting Farmers’ Organizations to drive policy […]
