By Vivian Ihechu As part of efforts to address the immediate food security requirements of member countries, the Executive Committee of the Arab-Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Programme, a multi-donor, Inter-regional programme, has unveiled a US$1.5 billion Food Security Programme. The hybrid unveiling took place at the headquarters of theContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Dr Ifeanyi Ogbu, Chairman, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), FCT Chapter has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to establish Federal Ministry of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. Ogbu made the call on the sideline of the workshop on Animal (Diseases) Control Act 2022 in Abuja. The workshopContinue Reading
By Mercy Omoike An agriculture investor, Mr Leke Oluwatosin, says exploring palm kernel oil processing will boost the sector’s contributions to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Oluwatosin, the Chief Executive Officer of LSX Integrated Agro Processing, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
Farmers receiving broiler chicks and feeds from Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) Programme on Saturday in Lagos.  By Olayinka Olawale No fewer than 6,062 farmers in Lagos State have received agricultural inputs and production assets from the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic StimulusContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The National Agricultural Commodities Project 2023 has urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint professional practitioners to manage the agricultural sector to achieve national food security. The group of experts, comprising of over 70 agricultural commodities associations, made the call during a news conference in Abuja on Friday.Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The UNESCO Read and Earn Federation (UNESCO REF) has unveiled the Young Women in Agriculture (YWA) champions initiative, aimed at achieving “zero hunger” for the country. The President, UNESCO REF, Prince Abdulsalami Ladigbolu, in Abuja on Wednesday said that initiative under its Strategic Intervention ProgrammeContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale Prof. Olajide Babayemi of Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan has urged the Federal Government to conduct census to ascertain the total number of animals in the country. Babayemi, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it would continue to work towards removing all barriers that inhibit women’s right to access to land. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, said this at a stakeholders dialogue on combating land degradation and gender equality.Continue Reading
IFAD, FG commence wet season farming in Enugu Alex Enebeli The International Fund for Agricultural Development -Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP), has commenced wet season farming in Enugu and distributed inputs worth millions of Naira to 5,000 rural farmers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IFAD isContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Government and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have urged investors to explore the huge opportunities in its proposed 750 hectares cattle feedlot project in Igbodu, Epe. Mrs Olatokunbo Emokpae, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, stated this at a Stakeholders’Continue Reading
