The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN is in crisis. The crisis is not about limited farming inputs, insecurity or absence of funding, though all these factors remain present dangers for farming and food production in the country. Rather, the crisis that has bedevilled the association stems from the disagreement among its members. This has…
The authorities and all the stakeholders are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that food insecurity becomes history in Nigeria. In the latest development the African Union (AU), African Development Bank (AfDB), and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) pledged to forge partnerships to expand the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS). The bank…
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has disclosed that the benefit of Nigeria’s biodiversity is estimated to be over $8bn annually. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday during the observance of the World Environment Day Commemoration in Abuja. He noted that Nigeria’s biodiversity is a global public good that has value for…
The bill for an Act to ban open grazing in Nigeria is in the pipeline. The bill will also encourage the establishment of ranches, as part of efforts to resolve the perennial violent clashes between farmers and nomadic herders in the country. The bill, which is before the Senate, has by Wednesday, passed the second…
In an effort to revive the country’s oil palm sub-sector, the Minister of State, for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi on Wednesday announced the ministry’s readiness to partner with the Republic of Indonesia. The call was made when the Vice Minister Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, Mr Pahala Mansury met with the…
The federal government, in line with the promise to encourage massive production of food in Nigeria, has invested much more than before in Agriculture. Towards this end it has spent N309 billion in the last one year to cultivate 500,000 hectares of farmlands in the different states in the country. This was disclosed in Abuja…
Ginger farmers who suffered losses as a result of the blight epidemic last March would have every cause to smile, as they approach a new planting season. This follows the support from the federal government, which is to be complemented by the Kaduna State government. To start with, under the aegis of the National Agricultural…
As it is addressing the nagging problem of food insecurity, the administration of President Bola Tinubu is also working to battle the problem of desertification in the northern part of the country. This disclosure was made by a state official in Kebbi State. The official, Musa Muhammad Tungulawa, who is the commissioner for environmental and…
Concerned about the health of Nigerians, the federal government has warned Nigerians to desist from patronising private and unregistered abattoir and meat shops. The warning came from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) on Thursday. The action followed the outcome of an investigation into the incident of food poisoning at the Mandate…
There are indications that the farmer/herder clashes that have impaired production of agricultural products, especially food, may soon come to pass. This is because the administration of President Bola Tinubu is collaborating with countries in the African Union, AU to address this problem. To this effect the federal government, and AU Member States have taken…
