From Our Correspondent The Federal Government has secured a $134m loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to boost seeds and grain production in the country. TheNewsZenith reports that Eremah Anthonia, the Chief Information Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, announced the loan in statement, on Thursday. Anthona quoted Agriculture & Food […]
By Our Correspondent An agriculture expert, Mr Ibrahim Olayeni, has advised Lagos residents to embrace urban farming and promote agricultural practices to enhance food production in the state. TheNewsenith reports that Olayeni made the call during a programme organised by the Lagos State Muslims Community, on Sunday. The theme of the programmed is “Mosque Documentation […]
From Abdulwahab Muhammad, Bauchi Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has allocated 500 hectares of land for cassava cultivation across the 11 local government areas of the state. TheNewsZenith reports that Yahaya unvailed the ambitious project during an expanded security council meeting, which he presided over in Gombe. He said the major agricultural project […]
From Our Correspondent A university lecturer, Dr Suleiman Lawal, has urged the Federal Government to provide farm inputs to farmers at subsidised rate. Lawal, a lecturer at Economics Department, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, gave the advice on Sunday in Kastina. He said such subsidy would help to stem rising cost of food in the […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde Two Federal Government establishments are discussing a plan on how to improve agro allied-industries development for food security. These are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). They will deploy technical competencies and other resources to target climate change mitigations and solar […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Saturday in Abuja, distributed assorted fishery inputs to 2,000 individuals and fishery cooperative groups from the six Area Councils of the Territory. The Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, distributed the inputs that included fish tanks, feeds, smoking kilns, fishing nets, hooks and liners, cold storage facilities, fish drugs […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), on Wednesday, identified Nigeria as the powerhouse for agro-industrialisation across the African continent. Ms Katherine Meighan, Associate Vice-President and General Counsel for IFAD said this at the ongoing Strategic Partners and Investors Forum on the Launch of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) in Abuja. Meighan said that […]
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 […]