Upsurge in food prices, threat to nation’s food security — Presidency
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Presidency in Abuja on Thursday lament that the recent upsurge in food prices was gravitating to a food crisis that could threaten Nigeria’s food security. The Presidency also said that though many factors were responsible for the increasing food prices, information from stakeholders within the agricultural sector showed that […]
IITA: Caravan researcher says findings will help stakeholders improve food security in Nigeria
Prof. Chinwe Ifejika, Coordinator, Food Systems Caravan, West Africa, on Tuesday said its research findings would help stakeholders in agriculture improve food security and system in Nigeria and the sub-continent. Ifejika said this during the Caravan conference at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, to present research findings on ways to sustain food […]
Food Security, Sufficiency: We’ll sustain agric interventions-Buhari
…all hands must be on deck- Gov Sule …research institutes need urgent revival-Sen Adamu …7.8% Nigerians overweight, 19.9% underweight-FAO By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, promised to sustain agricultural interventions to achieve food security and safety following positive results in the sector. Buhari stated this at the 2019 World Food Day celebration […]
Food Security: Stakeholder clamours for adequate agric research funding
…as ICERIA 2019 set to address challenges By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja An agricultural stakeholder, Jim Rex-Lawson Moses, Wednesday, clamoured for adequate agricultural research funding to boost food security and for effective economic diversification. Moses who is also publisher of AGROBUSINESS TIMES and organizer of the maiden International Conference & Expo on Research and Innovations […]
Food security: FG plans release of new BT crops
ABUJA—The Federal Government is to release new Genetically Modified rice, BT rice, BT cassava and other crops soon.
Food security: We‘ll make law on GES to boost farm inputs — Reps
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, have promised to make a law to back up the Growth Enhancement Support, GES, to boost farmers’ access to quality inputs to improve food production and security.
