By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says it will revive its 180 tonnes per day Rice Mill at Elele Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of its efforts to ensure food security in the region. The NDDC Executive Director,...
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Renown farmer, Chief Afe Babalola, has beaten nine other nominees across Sub- Saharan Africa to emerge the 2024 African man of the Year in food security, the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports. The conferment of the award on the nonegarian legal icon and founder of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced seven pilot communities for his administration’s irrigation plan that aims to key into the national food security initiatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The seven irrigation schemes are to be sited at Gajibo in Dikwa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, paid visit to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) in Ilorin Kwara State. Governor Zulum’s visit...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As Federal Government’s emergency on food security continues to gain traction, experts in animal science have waned that climate change is posing a great challenge to the country’s agricultural yield. Speaking at the at 12th Animal Science Association of Nigeria, ASAN,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The North West Regional Manager of Dangote Fertilizer Ltd, Mr Wilson Kolawole has expressed concern over looming food crisis in Nigeria if agriculture is not given the desired attention. Mr. Wilson, who stated this on Thursday in Kano at a workshop organized for...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Sunday said the Federal Government had obtained 163 million dollars loan from the African Development Bank to support wheat production in the country. Shettima stated this at the palace of the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sumaila Mera, when he paid a condolence visit...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says President Bola Tinubu is very passionate about reducing the cost of fertiliser for Nigerian farmers to ensure the attainment of food security. Shettima stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting with Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) and the Federal Government,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has assured the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) of Federal Government’s partnership towards ensuring food security in the country. Sen. Shettima gave the assurance on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja when he received in...
UN political affairs chief, Ms Rosemary DiCarlo says Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea could have far-reaching impacts on global food security. DiCarlo said this while briefing the Security Council on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. DiCarlo strongly condemned the aerial strikes this...
The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million to ramp up humanitarian response to problem of food security and nutrition crisis in North A statement on Tuesday by Ann Weru, the Head of Public Information United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Nigeria, said the fund...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on improving food security in the country through precise weather forecast. NiMet`s Director- General, Prof. Mansur Matazu, who disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when a delegation from the CBN...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said innovation in agriculture is key to human survival and development. Obasanjo said this at the Grand Award Night for the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature, Science and Literary Criticism, organised by the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Friday in Lagos. He emphasised the...
Mr Abebe Selassie, the Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), African Department, says tackling food insecurity should be the first policy priority for government in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Selassie said this in his opening remarks at the News Conference on the October Regional Economic Outlook for SSA at the IMF/World...
The World Bank says African Government urgently need to restore Macroeconomic stability and protect the poor in a context of slow growth and high inflation. This is contained in a statement obtained from the World Bank website on Tuesday in Abuja by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to embrace farming to enhance the country’s food security. Buhari made the appeal in a message to the annual Olojo festival in Ile-Ife, Osun. Represented by Minister of Interior, Rauf ArAregbèsola, the president said farming remained the bedrock of Nigeria’s economy and necessary...
Mr Chijioke Okoli, Country Director, Agriculture and Construction Equipment Division (John Deere Brand) TATA Africa Services (Nigeria) Limited says the country needs 13 trillion naira to solve its mechanisation problem. Okoli said this in Abuja at a micro documentary screening organised by Alluvial Agriculture Nigeria Limited, a private organisation...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Nigeria to develop Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, as part of the quest for food security in the country. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the Bank and a former Minister of Agriculture, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja -. President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) for planning ahead of whatever negative consequences may come from the Russia-Ukraine war in terms of food security. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, during an audience with the AfDB President, Dr...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Continental Coordinator, Network of Organic Agricultural Researchers in Africa, AdeOluwa Olugbenga has urged Nigerian farmers to adopt organic farming and safe environmental practices to improve the quality of food production and promote food security in the country. Mr. Olugbenga made the call on...