COVID-19: Food prices hit 15.03% high in 2 years
For the first time in two years, food prices hit 15.03 per cent in April, the highest since March 2018. The upsurge was largely driven by the coronavirus pandemic crisis, triggering hike in inflation....
View ArticleStimulating agro-industrial investments, productivity with monetary policies
While commending the past and recent initiatives, agricultural and industrial stakeholders have called on the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria The post Stimulating...
View Article‘Project boosts Nigeria’s cassava seed sector, entrepreneurship’
Building Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System (BASICS) has demonstrated that the cassava seeds system can be profitable for value chain players The post ‘Project boosts Nigeria’s...
View ArticlePoor financing, insecurity mar agric in Buhari’s tenure
Agriculture, health, education and security sectors, among others, have suffered degrees of neglect while the country concentrates on the economy of crude petroleum The post Poor financing, insecurity...
View Article‘Data-driven inclusion of small-scale farmers can boost food security’
Experts have said data utilisation to include small-holder farmers could boost means of livelihood of farmers and change the tide of uncanny relationship between agriculture in Nigeria and poverty. The...
View ArticleStimulating agro-industrial investments, productivity with monetary policies
While commending the past and recent initiatives, agricultural and industrial stakeholders have called on the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to consider more downward...
View Article‘Data-driven inclusion of small-scale farmers can boost food security’
Experts have said data utilisation to include small-holder farmers could boost means of livelihood of farmers and change the tide of uncanny relationship between agriculture in Nigeria and poverty. The...
View ArticleStimulating agro-industrial investments, productivity with monetary policies
While commending the past and recent initiatives, agricultural and industrial stakeholders have called on the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)... The post Stimulating...
View ArticleOsun empowers 6,000 farmers, flags off 2020 planting season
No fewer than 6,000 farmers have been given farm inputs by the Osun State Government, as part of measures aimed at enhancing food security in the state. Governor Gboyega Oyetola said the state had...
View ArticleHow BASICS transforms cassava seed sector
A project— Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System (BASICS) has demonstrated that the cassava seeds system can be profitable for players involved across the value chain and...
View ArticleCocoa: Low harvest looms amid Coronavirus pandemic
Just like the case of other agro commodities farmers, Cocoa farmers and exporters are currently in a serious economic crisis over the impact of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, which has debarred...
View ArticleDon suggests measures to mitigate food security challenges
The Vice Chancellor, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Professor Shehu Alhaji Musa, yesterday, canvassed a renewed structural... The post Don suggests measures to mitigate food security...
View ArticlePoor abattoirs pose dangers to Abeokuta residents, others
Deplorable conditions of abattoirs in Ogun State pose a threat to the public health, especially amid COVID-19 pandemic believed to have originated from live animal marketplaces in Wuhan, China. The...
View ArticleTackling hazards of protein deficiency in Nigeria
Professionals and other stakeholders have called on the Federal Government, states and local government authorities to take drastic steps to minimise rising protein deficiency... The post Tackling...
View ArticleFarm investors lose as hotels, event centres remain closed
It is about three months now. COVID-19-induced inter and intra-state lockdowns have been affecting businesses of hoteliers, event centre owners, bar and clubbing joints operators and merry makers. The...
View ArticleIrrigation can raise food production by 300% — Adamu
The potential for irrigation development is about 3.1 million hectares of irrigable land. Out of these, 130,000 hectares of formal irrigation schemes have been developed... The post Irrigation can...
View ArticleWith agro set-up panel, FG targets $250b export revenue by 2040
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), has inaugurated a 28-member Nigeria Agro Set-Up Committee with a mandate... The post With agro set-up...
View ArticleAfrican swine fever: When pork is unsafe for consumption
For now, lovers of pork may have to refrain from its consumption, as the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF) has continued to ravage more pig farms across the country. The post African swine fever: When...
View ArticleHow Taraba killings impair farmers’ productivity, food security
Citizens have expressed worry that bloodlettings between the Tiv and the Jukun ethnic groups in Taraba State may lead to a shortage of food in the state The post How Taraba killings impair farmers’...
View ArticleHow Taraba killings impair farmers’ productivity, food security
Citizens have expressed worry that bloodlettings between the Tiv and the Jukun ethnic groups in Taraba State may lead to a shortage of food in the state The post How Taraba killings impair farmers’...
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