Food Insecurity
4 days ago
There are indications that increasing food insecurity and the resultant high cost of living is putting some strains on the smooth relationship between the National Assembly and the executive arm of the Federal Government.
15 Apr
An international firm, Sydani Group, has said that over 17 million Nigerians are currently grappling with food insecurity, advising the Federal Government to invest in climate-smart agriculture and empower smallholder farmers by priorising access to finance, training and technology to enhance sustained productivity.
8 Apr
Squealing to the discovery of petroleum, Nigeria has rapidly grown into a major food importing nation as the government has become neglectful of the agricultural sector since petroleum is considered a more viable resource for economic development
28 Mar
The grant of $134 million by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to promote food security in the country is coming at the right time when food insecurity has become a major challenge.
17 Mar
As Nigeria moves to tackle food insecurity, some scientists in the agriculture value chain have argued that Genome Editing (GEd) would greatly help bridge the food insufficiency gap in the country.
6 Mar
A recent data submitted by locals has shown that to feed a family of four in Lagos for a month on essentials like rice, milk, eggs, and fruits would cost roughly N137,855.
12 Feb
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, yesterday, highlighted that challenges facing agriculture go beyond insecurity to include high cost of fuel.
12 Dec
The Federal Government, yesterday, lamented that the naira re-design policy carried out by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from December 15, 2022, to early February this year, when the Supreme Court ruled against it, ran farmers bankrupt.
11 Dec
Vice President Kashim Shettima has traced the nation's food insecurity to the heavy reliance on oil since the 1970s, which led to the neglect of the agriculture sector.
4 Nov
The food security situation report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has projected that 26 million people across Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara states and the Federal Capital Territory might experience food crisis between June and August 2024.
25 Sep 2023
As drivers of food provision in the home, women must thrive to return to the old ways of practicing gardening and farming in homes, to sustain their families. This will not only restore agriculture to the homes to address food security, it is also capable of solving the challenges facing the agriculture sector to reduce…
5 Jul 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to use research and modern technological techniques to proffer solutions to challenges of poverty, food insecurity and others plaguing the country.
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