By Mercy Omoike Some agriculture stakeholders have lauded the legacy of the late ex-minister of agriculture, Mr Audu Ogbeh, who died in the early hours of Saturday. The stakeholders lauded the late ex-minister’s achievements in the sector in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reportsContinue Reading
By Ahmed Kaigama The National Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) project has held its quarterly technical mission to boost livestock production in Bauchi, Gombe and Plateau States. The National Project Coordinator of L-PRES, Alhaji Sanusi Abubakar, made the disclosure at the end of its two-day mission in Bauchi, notingContinue Reading
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government says the Food for Lagos partnership between it and Lagos state would further enrich its farmers. The state also reiterated commitment to transforming its agricultural sector and improving livelihood of farmers through the partnership, aimed at creating a robust food supply chain between KogiContinue Reading
By Talatu Maiwada Action Against Hunger (ACF), in collaboration with national and regional partners, has committed 10 million euros to implement a cross-border pastoral and livestock marketing project in the Lake Chad Basin. The initiative, titled Pastoralism and Livestock Marketing in Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad Cross-Border Territories (PASCO), aims to enhanceContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Centre for Gender Economics in Africa (CGE Africa) has strengthened the academic research and publication skills of female postgraduate students in fisheries and aquaculture. Regina Solomon, Programme Manager of CGE Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday after a two-day training in Ibadan.Continue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Coalition of Farmers Network (COFAN) has tasked Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Chairman, All Progressives Party (APC), to champion farmer-friendly policies that would improve productivity of women and youth in agriculture. The organisation also charged Yilwatda to put in place mechanisms that would bring about improvement, adding thatContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Federal Government says it is building a solid base for a tech-enabled, youth-led agribusiness transformation to modernise agriculture and enhance Nigeria’s food security. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, said this at a High-Level Policy Dialogue on Youth and Women in AgribusinessContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The Leonard and Nkiruka Okonkwo Foundation (LANOF), in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), has validated the revised National Youth Manifesto in Agriculture for the period 2025–2030. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security also partnered in developing the manifesto, which serves as both anContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Tinubu Media Force (TMF), a group advocating support for President Bola Tinubu, has urged state governors to invest in food production and human capital development to empower residents and ensure food security in their respective states The TMF National Coordinator, Mr Gbenga Abiola, made this appealContinue Reading
By Hamza Suleiman Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has launched the sale of fertiliser and free distribution of farm inputs to vulnerable farmers across the state. The exercise took place on Saturday at the Fertiliser Blending Company, Farm Centre, Maiduguri. Zulum said 75 trucks of fertiliser would be sold atContinue Reading
