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[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria not to allocate foreign exchange to importers of food and fertiliser. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the president gave a similar directive last year. Mr Buhari issued his latest directive at a meeting of the National Food Security Council at the State […]
[ad_1] World leaders on Wednesday discussed the status of food systems in Africa and the essence to build tough systems, to sustain agricultural activities in the continent. The discussion was held during a panel session at the ongoing African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) virtual summit in Kigali, Rwanda. During a plenary session featuring eminent leaders discussing the […]
The Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria chapter and Deputy Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Dr. Rose Suniso Gidado, has disclosed that technological advances are dramatically triggering plant transformation to meet specific needs. That with the help of technology, highly nutritious foods containing essential vitamins and minerals can be developed to […]
Weeding in cassava is a tortuous and a back-breaking exercise that limits the ability of farmers to expand their cropped area. However, scientists working with the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have identified some postemergence herbicides that farmers can use during the growing period of cassava to […]
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE, Ag. DIRECTOR-GENERAL/CEO, NATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NABDA), PROFESSOR ALEX AKPA AT THE VIRTUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POST COVID 19 INNOVATIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 3 2020 ORGANISED BY AGROBUSINESS TIMES WITH THE THEME: “AGGREGATING SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS FOR FOODSECURITY”. PROTOCOL It’s a great privilege to present a Keynote Address in this […]
The 2020 Agrobusiness Times planned national conference on agricultural innovations for food security in the post covid-19 pandemic era, with the theme: “Aggregating Sustainable Agricultural Innovations for Food Security”, has received a major boost following the confirmation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) and Agrorite Limited to partner the media […]
[ad_1] The agricultural sector contributed 24.6 per cent of the GDP in the second quarter of 2020, doing better than the previous quarter and the same quarter last year, a report by the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. Details of the Gross Domestic Product Report for Q2, said there was a decline as a result […]
“In addition to my fear for health because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am also concerned about food scarcity and prices skyrocketing. The price of smoked herring which is a basic source of protein we buy from traders from Ghana has doubled overnight as the government is closing down marketplaces as well as borders”. Those […]
PROF. Alex Akpa, Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), has said that the agency had unfolded programmes capable of producing about five million yam seedlings. Akpa said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Abuja that this could be achieved through aeroponics technology for farmers across Nigeria mostly […]
In January 2019, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres presciently warned that “global challenges are more and more integrated, and the responses are more and more fragmented. And if these are not reversed, it’s a recipe for disaster.” The COVID-19 pandemic is an apt example of this, as both the disease and the public policy responses to curb […]
When it comes to policies and programmes that can potentially impact a vast majority of people’s livelihood and the economy of any nation, data, not sentiments, should drive the conversation and influence decision making. The recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decision to restrict Forex for the importation of maize has raised concerns and opinions […]
SaharaReporters has uncovered how Managing Director of Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, Aliyu Abdulhameed, has siphoned close to N1bn using the private bank account of the agency’s Head of Finance, Idris Issa Aweda, as a conduit. Aweda uses three personal bank accounts: FCMB (4986133010), GTB (0245155058), and Stanbic IBTC (0021195810) to receive […]
Agriculturists and financial managers have reiterated that farmers have to be empowered with critical farm inputs such as seeds, fertiliser, insecticides and tools to rev food production. This is just as over 75,000 farmers are to benefit from a post-COVID-19 mitigation strategy aimed at boosting income of smallholder and medium-scaled farmers in Nigeria to avert […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to look towards agriculture as he aims to rebound the Nigerian economy, which has largely been affected by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: Goat Farming, A Goldmine Waiting To Be Tapped Shuiab Mubarak, an agricultural investor, said, “The coronavirus outbreak has made farming and other agro sectors […]
The federal government has directed the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) to fully resume its export certification duties at all ports with immediate effect. The Director General of the agency, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, said: “Export of agricultural produce will soon pick up and gather pace as a result. ”The Office of the Secretary to the […]