By Tosin Kolade The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has called on subnational governments to make use of impounded bulk water in dam reservoirs to meet the country’s food security needs. Utsev made this call on Thursday at the opening of the 30th Regular Meeting of theContinue Reading
By Olawunmi Ashafa Dr Joachim Adenusi, Partner at Conrad Clark Nig. Ltd., has highlighted paths toward successful implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s State of Emergency Declaration on Food Security. Adenusi, who is also the Convener, Nigerian Risk Leadership Summit, expressed his worries on Tuesday in an interview with theContinue Reading
By Mercy Omoike An apiculture expert, Mr Yusuf Adeyemo, has restated the relevance of bee farming in enhancing food security in the country. Adeyemo, the president of Youths for Apiculture Initiative (YFAI) said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reportsContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Government says it will continue to sensitise market men and women as well as traders on hygiene, food safety, preservation, storage, marketing and transportation in market systems to address food insecurity. Ms Abisola Olusanya, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, stated thisContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nur Tijani The Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN) has empowered 8,000 wheat growers to accelerate paddy production in the country. Dr Aliyu Sama’ila, FMAN’s National Programme Manager, Wheat Development Project, said this during the Green Wheat Farmer Field Day at Kadani plantation in Kura Local Government AreaContinue Reading
By Bukola Adewumi The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has unveiled 120 housing units and an empowerment center for farmers in Borno to increase food production. In a statement provided to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, NALDA’s Executive Secretary, Paul Ikonne, highlighted that thisContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The Agro-Climate Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) and the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) are to assist over three million beneficiaries in communities with Farmer Led Irrigation Development and Rural Electrification Strategy/Solar Power implementation plan. Mr Abdulhamid Umar, National Project Coordinator for ACReSAL, said this in Abuja atContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Mr Ugochukwu Nnam, President, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has urged Nigerians to be calm and patient with President Bola Tinubu’s long term policies on food security. Nnam made the call on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in AbujaContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Government is partnering Kwara, Niger and 20 other states to actualise President Bola Tinubu’s agenda to boost food security. Ms Abisola Olusanya, then state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, made this announcement at a meeting with her counterparts from Kwara and Niger states, inContinue Reading
By Bukola Olaifa The Open Forum On Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa, Nigeria chapter, has called for an end to dissemination of misleading narratives on Genetically Modified (GM) crops by activists. OFAB is an Initiative of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) under the auspices of NABDA. Dr Rose Gidado,Continue Reading
