Nigeria doesn’t have shortage of food – Abubakar

Elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) says every Nigerian citizen should embrace farming, irrespective of profession or status.

WITH high prices of food, insecurity, flood, drought, post-harvest losses, poor mechanisation, high-interest rates, herder-farmer clashes, disease outbreaks, low yields, high cost of farm inputs, inadequate funding, limited access to agric extension services, agric commodities’ rejection, poor good agricultural practices, lack of value addition, corruption, and others Nigerian farmers have to grapple with amid celebration of 62nd Independence Day by Nigeria

…set to redefine Nigeria’s agric future ….as NSIA throws weight behind to increase agric production, tackle food crisis …. targets huge employment generation for youth By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – THE Nigerian agricultural sector is set for a boost to become a major global player in food production, processing, packaging, and export as an agricultural […]

DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Nigerians, particularly Deltans to invest more in agriculture as a way to curb rising food insufficiency in Nigeria and create job opportunities and economic development for the people.

The Managing Director of ECOBasic Seed, Brighton Karume, a company providing quality foundation seed solutions to Nigeria’s agricultural sector, has urged Nigerian farmers to reduce their concentration on Open Pollinated Varieties (OPV) and embrace Hybrid Varieties for better yield.

Agribusiness: Nasarawa Farmers hail FG, IFAD over improved livelihood

Our ‘Milk Mission’ to raise dairy sector – VP Olam food

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja WITH daunting challenges face food security and nutrition in the country, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Thursday, accepted Nigeria Society of Engineers partnership for greater productivity of farmers. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, in a keynote address at the 2022 Engineering Conference and […]

…vows to go tough on non-licensed operators By Gabriel Ewepu and Ezra Ukanwa ABUJA—THE Federal Government, Thursday, issued certificates and sales permits to about 250 fertilizer operators to help curb the spate of production and marketing of adulterated fertilizers in the country. The Ministry said the move was to regulate the circulation of adulterated fertilizers […]

As Nigeria and other African countries suffer wheat shortage, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Tuesday, vowed to ensure Nigeria ranks Africa’s largest wheat producer and exporter

Can low and high storage technology simultaneously reduce food loss and increase the income of small-holder farmers in Nigeria? This question is currently answered by a Nigerian scientist based in Switzerland.  Dr Daniel Onwude, from Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories of Material Science and Technology, Switzerland, and his team have been working closely with another Swiss organization, […]

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Monday, disclosed boosting its retirees with agribusiness training on wealth creation and sustainable life of retirement

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Friday, assured newly launched agricultural policy, National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy, NATIP, to boost agribusiness and all agricultural value chains

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Irish potato cultivated in Plateau State has been used in its value chain within and outside Nigeria, its farmers have contributed to the State’s and country’s economy. Recently, these farmers witnessed losses as a plant disease, potato blight ravages farms, dwindling its yields and plunging the farmers into debt while […]