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[ad_1] To avert post COVID-19 food crisis in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been advised to embark on allocation of farmlands to real farmers, provide tractors to open up farmlands and establish a collection hub and processing centres in all the five zones of the state-Ikorodu, Epe, Badagry, Ikeja and Surulere. Read Original Report […]

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[ad_1] Farmers are hopeful that the era of poor and unstable farm produce prices in the country may be gradually coming to an end with the commencement of trading operations by the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX). Having stable and rewarding prices for farm produce have been a longtime nightmare for Nigerian farmers as most of […]

[ad_1] With the global economic meltdown due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating effect of dwindling oil revenues, experts are calling on the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to domesticate the nation’s economy, with more focus on agro-economy. They foresee how the  CBN’s extension of the Anchor Borrowers’ loan […]

[ad_1] At least 40 extension workers drawn from different Local Governments in the state took part in the two-day theory and practical training sessions held at the Enugu State Cooperative College, Enugu. The aim of the training was to empower extension workers with the tools to educate farmers on how to grow and double cassava/maize […]

[ad_1] LAGOS – Prince Wale Oyekoya, an agriculturist and Chief Executive Of­ficer of Bama Farms Limited, has affirmed that farmers in Lagos State need government assistance just like any other farmers in other states or country in order to avert food crisis and to contribute meaning­fully to the food security of the state. He made […]

[ad_1] LAGOS – Richard-Mark Mbaram, Technical Adviser, Knowl­edge Management and Communication to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on, has said that the impor­tance of agriculture had come to play in the present situation in the country. He stated this while speak­ing with Sunday Independent in Lagos during the distribu­tion of food items to […]

[ad_1] The Nigerian economy has been seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that has caused hardship around the world. Oil prices have fallen and many nations are facing recession or even depression. For Nigeria that relies heavily on oil revenue, it is a dire situation. As the government searches for alternative sources of […]

[ad_1] The federal government Friday directed the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) to fully resume its export certification duties at all ports immediately, so as to cushion the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria’s agricultural sector. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Gozie Nwodo, head of communications and strategies, NAQS. He […]

[ad_1] World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row in April due to significant fall in the demands for many commodities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Food Price Index (FFPI) of the United Nations. The index measures, monitors and tracks […]

[ad_1] In his first address on coronavirus, President Muhammadu Buhari, on March 29, ordered a total lockdown of Lagos, FCT and Ogun, and exempted food processing, distribution and retail companies. This was to allow the continuous flow of the food chain, to avert a food crisis as predicted by the Food and Agricultural Organisation. However, […]