The Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO is concerned that the target of making the world self -sufficient in food and nutrition by the year 2030 may be a pipe dream after all. The world body said the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) hunger and food security target may not be achieved by that year. This…
The federal government has taken a bold step to protect farmers who may suffer some losses either through natural disaster or some other means. It ya, therefore, incorporated the Agricultural Insurance Scheme into the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket Programme, NAGS-AP. It is to , among others, curtail harvest losses due to climate change….
The private sector is working hard to partner the government in the desperate effort to solve the nagging issue of food insecurity in the country. One of the foremost business leaders in the food sector, BUA Foods Plc, has said it will expand its wheat flour milling capacity to 2.5m MTpa. This was contained in…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is in possession of information that some unscrupulous traders are marketing fake Milo drinks in Bauchi State. It has, therefore, embarked on the exercise to find out the person’s connected with this act to ensure that the health of consumers of the product is…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reported the seizures of three petrol tanker trucks in Apapa for allegedly transporting crude edible vegetable oil. The information was shared on Wednesday via its X handle, accompanied by a video, noting that the oil had reportedly been trans-loaded into the tankers from…
To revitalise a seamless database in the Agricultural sector, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Temitope Fashedemi has inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) on farmers’ Data capturing. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, Fashedemi said the process will identify and develop modalities to achieve a seamless database, that would…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Cocoa Processors Association of Nigeria (COPAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Network of Practicing Non-oil Exporters of Nigeria (NPNEN), and Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), have agreed to work together to boost Nigeria’s non-oil export trade….
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has announced the approval of an N2.5bn from the Bank of Industry. The financial relief aims to ease funding access for Indigenous miners. Alake in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, said the decision was resolved after a three-hour meeting with mining…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) initiated an enforcement action against Fabsi Table Water in Kubwa, Abuja, following a consumer complaint alleging consumption of expired sachet water containing microbes. A subsequent investigation uncovered significant violations of consumer protection regulations. Thr FCCPC said in a statement that Fabsi Table Water failed to provide crucial…
Without prejudice to the report of a decline in inflation in the country, and an attendant decrease in the prices of food in some parts of thgw country, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC has warned Nigerians to beware of the kind of food they buy for consumption. The agency…
