food security
19 Mar
As inflation shaves off savings of many low and middle-income class Nigerians amid rising construction costs, homeownership plans are being deferred as untamed food prices continue to bite deeply into household incomes.
16 Mar
FAN Milk Plc., has announced a strategic partnership with Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited. The joint venture is aimed at advancing dairy farming expansion and promoting local sourcing in Nigeria. The farm, situated in Iseyin, Oyo State, is expected to produce 300 heifers within the first year of project and it is expected that the farm would…
12 Mar
The Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant autonomy to the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), to boost food security and job creation in the country.
10 Mar
Experts in the agricultural sector have called for urgent adoption of organic farming practice by Nigerians, to avoid the negative effects of consuming Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods.
8 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a 93 per cent reduction in the cost of agricultural inputs for farmers to enhance food security in the country.
7 Mar
Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday said that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agriculture entered into by Lagos and Niger states would bring about opportunities that will enhance food security and sufficiency in the state.
4 Mar
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has revealed that the Federal Government will release more foodstuffs into the Nigerian markets very soon.
3 Mar
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has unveiled his administration’s food security plan, just as he advocated national unity to resolve the current national economic crisis in the country.
29 Feb
The Niger State Government has procured over 120 truckloads of assorted grains to complement the Federal government’s food palliative distribution. The Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, disclosed this to journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, at his office in Abuja. Bago explained that the purchase of assorted…
22 Feb
The United States (U.S.) Government has said it would do a lot in the agric sector to support Nigeria to overcome food security challenges and post-harvest losses suffered by the country that lead to hunger and hardship.
21 Feb
A United Kingdom-based data scientist, Adewale Omoniyi, has asked the state governors in the country to suspend all non-essential capital projects and channel their efforts and resources on eradicating hunger. Omoniyi, who has authored many books on data and statistics in Africa, said the current situation in Nigeria deserves critical and deliberate action plan devoid…
16 Feb
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), in partnership with, the National Assembly, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Third-party Advocacy Campaign..
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