CEO Owanbe Group, owners of Owanbe Foods, Owanbe TV, and Iris Film Academy, Ola-Abraham Femi during a stakeholders conference on Agriculture in Ibadan, last week, made it known that Africa has a rather long way to go in catching up with the world’s reality on impending food crisis, due to the fast increase in population […]

As part of the effort to boost food security in Nigeria, an indigenous agriculture firm, Royal Niger Green Farms, has disclosed plans to assist grassroots farmers and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the sector across the country. The firm, a subsidiary of Brick To Cribs And BARS Group of companies (BTCBARS), stated that the sole […]

Swift did not say what mankind should do when confronted with whoever could make one ear of corn or one blade of grass grow where two once grew. But, that is the predicament in which Nigerians find themselves in 2021. Under President Buhari, the current year might be the first year in the history of Nigeria when millions of farmers will desert their farms. Consequently, not one ear of corn will grow where two formerly did; none might grow.

The Federal Government is to explore opportunities within the Potato Value Chain to further achieve food nutrition and security in the country, official says. Hajia Karima Babangida, the Director of Federal Department of Agriculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, stated this at the Potato Value Chain Stakeholders’ Workshop on adoption utilisation of OFSP […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration was committed to diversifying the nation’s economy from dependence on oil and gas using mining and agriculture sectors as viable options.