“Today’s event underscores the importance of leveraging technology to find sustainable ways to grow our food, ensure food security, and protect the environment, thereby impacting even other SGDs like Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) and Goal 13 (Climate Action).”

“Nigeria, like many other West African nations, grapples with significant post-harvest losses, exacerbated by inadequate cold chain facilities and inefficient supply chain systems.”

AS over 7 million people globally including Nigerians get infected and killed with air pollution related diseases, the Federal Government and development partners, Tuesday, begged farmers to stop farmland burning practices as part of land preparation for crop cultivation.

Executive Director/CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mrs Nonye Ayeni ,has said that they were  aware that trust in ginger farming is low among farmers and exporters and it might take 2-3 years to recover previous export volumes.

“Look at the Ministry of Budget, and I want to challenge Nigerians to look at the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and I repeat again, Nigerians, take special interest, check the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and see the extent to which the matters that relates to agriculture are included in that budget.”