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...
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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...
An agro–industry and value chain expert, Dr Chijioke Osuji, has said Nigeria cannot attain food sufficiency by still engaging in roadside drying of agricultural produce such as grains. Dr. Osuji stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. The expert said that such...