By agency Report Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are on the rise in Africa with the latest data showing that one in five people in Africa is facing hunger, African Union (AU) and United Nations officials have said. This came at the high-level food and nutrition conference held on Monday at the AU headquarters in […]
By Agency Report Eight ministers from the Horn of African region have vowed to develop a comprehensive roadmap to help boost food security amid a looming famine in some countries, the regional bloc said on Tuesday. “The failure of four consecutive rainfall seasons over the last three years has pushed communities in Arid and […]
The governing council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has appointed Prof. Babatunde Kehinde as the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The University Head of Public Relations, Mr Kola Adepoju, confirmed the development to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday. Adepoju, however, said that Kehinde, a Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics, would […]
By our Correspondent Fadama Farmers Association, Kaduna State Chapter, has appealed to the state government and the Federal Government to assist its members, whose farmlands were submerged by flood. The Chairman, Mr Ahmad Abakwa, told newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna that many farmers in the state had been devastated by the loss of their farms […]