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Some women farmers across the country have called on the government at all levels to ensure the rapid implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender Issues in Agriculture to help them increase food production. Farmers who spoke in Abuja called on the government towork in conversation“Encourage more women in agriculture. On October 18, this […]

Edo Commissioner for Women and Social Development, Ms. Magdalene Ochenhen, urged women in rural areas of the state to lay the key to the state's food and agriculture initiative. Ohenen gave advice during a press briefing to commemorate Women's International Women's Day in 2018 in Benin, saying that the program is aimed at boosting economic […]

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri The federal government has asked states and local governments to invest at least five percent of their budget in agriculture to achieve zero hunger by 2030. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, appealed to a symposium to celebrate World Food Day […]

The government of Abiola Adjimoby of the state of Oyo called on agricultural research institutes and farmers in the state to embark on demand-based projects, depending on the specific needs of their consumers. He called for an open state agricultural investment summit at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (ITA), Ibadan. Summit theme –Transformation of […]

[FILE PHOTO] Osun The American company Cade Creek International, Colorado, USA, in partnership with the non-governmental organization Youth Off The Streets Initiatives (YOTSI), creates a $ 25 million farm in Iphone, headquarters of the Ion-Orolu district in Osun State, Announcing the partnership during the presentation of the memorandum of understanding by all parties, Patrick Alley, […]

The National Agricultural Seeds Council, burdened with the responsibility to ensure that farmers have access to quality seeds in Nigeria, held its annual seed fair in the capital Abuja, Nigeria. The fair was attended by interested parties in the seed subsector and secondary school students in the federal metropolitan area. The theme of this year's […]

Following the recent floods in parts of Nigeria, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Oudu Oghbe warned of a significant food shortage in the country if measures are not taken to mitigate the effects of the flood on farms. Speaking about the commissioning of the National Molecular Agriculture Fund and the Seed Fair in 2018 […]

A Tunisian official blamed climate change to the detriment of the country's agricultural sector, an estimated $ 71.3 million. USA. The head of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries, Abdel Majed Al-Saar, told reporters that compensation for damage increased by only 5 percent, or by $ 3.5 million. According to him, up to 18 […]

Agriculture expert Ismail Olawale urged local farmers to adopt a greenhouse farm to improve food security in the country. Olavale says that the benefits of agriculture are enormous. Greenhouse agriculture is an alternative method of farming, where plants are grown in environmentally controlled structures or buildings, which, in turn, leads to an increase in crop […]