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FG charges stakeholders on solution to low adoption, utilization of Orange Flesh Sweet Potato
Kicks off capacity building of women, youths on value chain By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following issues on boosting food security in the country, the Federal Government, Friday, charged stakeholders
Food crisis looms, Shittu warns FG
By Dirisu Yakubu A big-time farmer and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Shittu Mohammed has called on the President Mohammadu Buhari-led government to take deliberate steps to
FMARD, SON partner APSAN to tackle substandard, counterfeit products
Mohammed Nanono By Gabriel Ewepu & Fortune Eromosele – Abuja The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, FMARD, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and the Director-General Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON, Mallam
Farmers, extension officers in Sokoto get fresh knowledge on agric practices
By Nimat Otori 250 farmers and extension officers drawn from three senatorial districts of Sokoto State have been trained on good agricultural practices and stewardship by Bayer Nigeria and Sokoto
Aflatoxins: Stakeholders commend HarvestField’s Aflasafe for salvaging maize production
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As most agricultural commodities continue to face challenges of rejection in the international market, stakeholders in the agricultural sector, Tuesday, commended an agro-chemical giant, HarvestField
Nigeria’s food security needs efficient food system management
File photo No farmer, No Nation By Arc Ibrahim Kabir The availability of vast arable land, highly diverse and huge able-bodied population, large oil, and other mineral resources should together
Food Security: NALDA moves to reactivate 1,200 hectares farmland in Ekiti
By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja As Nigeria looks on to agriculture as an alternative to oil and gas for national development, the National Agricultural Lands Development Authority, NALDA, yesterday, disclosed moves
FG set to galvanize food production with 60, 000 tractors
To deploy 75, 000 extension workers to assist farmers By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja With high prices of food and subsistence farming largely practiced across the country with the least
Lagos targets $10Bn revenue from agric in 5yrs — Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. …Launches a 5yr food sufficiency roadmap By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has projected that the total investments in the agriculture
Ministry of Agric distributes, empowers 7,500 women farmers in N’Central with various agric inputs
Empower women to boost food security — Tallen By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Thursday, empowered 7, 500 smallholder women farmers in North
