Ahead of the October 16, World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) of the United Nations said more than 600 million people fall ill and 420,000 die every year as a result of eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins and chemicals. This is as the FAO said Over 2.8 billion people…
The federal government on Wednesday convened a high-level dialogue at the African Development Bank (AfDB) to revolutionise Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector and accelerate the implementation of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ-1) Programme. This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun at the AfDB country office in…
The federal government has taken a major step towards enhancing efforts to increase agricultural output in the country. This will involve the increase of production of soyabean and sugar. Towards this end the government has decided to partner with Trans Sahara Consortium in the areas of Soyabean and Sugar production. This was disclosed by the…
A former President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Chief George Udagba, has enjoined the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, NDCCITMA, to establish vocational training centres in the Niger Delta region. Udagba, who made the appeal during the NDCCITMA sensitization programme in Umuahia, Abia…
Agriculture is one of the sectors that will benefit from an agreed collaborative effort between Nigeria and Turkey. The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigeria Türkiye Business Council (NTBC) are putting things in place to ensure that the two countries work together to boost development in the sector…
Nigeria is not the only country asking the European Union to reconsider its decision to ban the importation of Cocoa into member-nations from December 30, 2024. Some other countries have joined in the move to have the EU shift the deadline. The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has imposed the deadline for failure to comply…
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has introduced a mobile application to provide real-time monitoring of food prices across eight states in Nigeria. In an announcement on Thursday, BoI stated that the app, ‘Pricesense.ng,’ also has a web version, allowing users to track wholesale and retail prices of essential food items such as rice, beans, tomatoes,…
As part of moves toward addressing Nigeria’s flood-related challenges, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, on Wednesday, held an inaugural meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on the Evaluation of Dams. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev. At the…
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Taiwo Oyedele, has attributed the delay to fixing standard custom import duties on the fluctuation of the country’s exchange rate. Oyedele In a statement signed on Tuesday, said the 2023 reenacted Customs Act mandates a market-driven exchange rate. This too impacts on the imported food items….
The President of, the African Development Bank, (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina on Wednesday commended Nigeria’s National Wheat Self-Sufficiency Plan as he revealed the demand for wheat in Africa has surged to over 75 million metric tonnes. Adesina, at the commencement of the ongoing West and Central Africa Wheat Summit 2024, in Abuja, said it was…
