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According to a report launched by the largest international space of grassroots organisations and indigenous communities working to eliminate food insecurity and malnutrition, the COVID-19 food crisis is closely related to economic, social, gender and environmental injustices of free market neoliberalism The COVID-19 pandemic presents once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to accelerate the agroecological transition and reverse decades […]
[ad_1] Olamide Alabi-Jacobs is the Chief Executive Officer of UMèRA, an agriculture company that focuses on different aspects such as crop cultivation and animal production, among others. In this interview with FEMI IBIROGBA, she speaks about the challenges facing the sector and how the government can strengthen the value-chain. People are shying away from agriculture, but […]
[ad_1] Nigeria needs an annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $1 trillion to lift people above the poverty line but falls short at only $448 billion. The shortfall is compounded by about 50 per cent post-harvest losses and food waste. Hence, establishing agribusiness in every local government area, where value could be added to fresh […]
[ad_1] Lagos- Abisola Olusanya, Lagos State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture has said that Lagos state is striving to be a value addition state especially for agricultural products which would translate to more foreign exchange earnings, food sufficiency, food security, increased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and subsequently provide more profit and improved livelihood for farmers. She […]
[ad_1] Arms and ammunition from at least 21 different nations, including the United States, Israel, Iran and 18 other countries are used in the farmer-herder crisis in Nigeria, a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence says. The report, according to TheCable, entitled, ‘Report on small arms, mass atrocities and migration in Nigeria’, was funded by […]
[ad_1] Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, spoke to GBENGA AKINFENWA, on the impact of the current flood in the state, the threat to food security and solution to the perennial natural disaster. The recent flood has dealt a deadly blow on Kebbi State, especially in the area of food production. In what way will […]
[ad_1] We’ll Ensure NAQS Vigilant There is a looming threat to Wheat sufficiency in Africa, as a dreaded plant disease-Wheat Blast has hit the continent for the first time, since its initial discovery in 1985. Though currently ravaging Zambia, the outbreak poses danger to rain-fed wheat production across countries on the continent, with similar environmental […]
[ad_1] Dry season farming should become the thrust of agricultural policy of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture if the country aims at becoming a leading agric producing nation, according to the Executive Director of National Center for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Yomi Kasali. Kasali said inconsistency in weather conditions and increase in […]
[ad_1] In recognition of his efforts in boosting agriculture and food productions, as well as fight against insecurity in the Niger Delta region, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA), Tonye David-West has been conferred with ‘Certificate of Excellence’ award by the Independent Magazine Publishers Association of Nigeria (IMPAN). Speaking during the presentation of the award […]
[ad_1] A pig farmer, Mr Fortune Alabi, said in Lagos on Saturday that the COVID-19 pandemic has hampered the breeding and selling of pigs, following the lockdown caused by the disease. Alabi made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN on Saturday in Lagos, while speaking on trends in the […]
[ad_1] The Bauchi state government has released a white paper on the communal clashes that erupted between farmers and herders in Misau Local Government Area (LGA) few months ago which led to the loss of lives and properties. In the white paper report of the administrative committee of inquiry which Governor Bala Mohammed set up […]
[ad_1] Bauchi- The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), with support from Oxfam in Nigeria has trained farmers and stakeholders in Bauchi State on improving strategy on climate resilience in order to enhance food security in the state. In a one day workshop which was held at Chartwell Hotel and Suites,Bauchi, with theme ” […]
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerian farmers stand to reap the benefits of his government’s reforms as he continues to accord the highest priority to agriculture. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Buhari stated this at a meeting […]
[ad_1] The survey is aimed at improve livestock health and boost production in Gombe State. The Federal Government has embarked on a tsetse fly survey to improve livestock health and boost production in Gombe State, an official of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed. Duchi Dang, the ministry’s Chief Tsetse fly […]
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has charged his ministers of agriculture to work with the states to rediscover the lost animal grazing routes and reserves as a means to ending the frequent outbreak of violence between farmers and herders. President Buhari also said that Nigerian farmers stand to reap the benefits of his government’s reforms […]