The Governor of Niger State Mohammed Bago said 41 women cooperative groups have been empowered with N492m from World Bank. This is as Bago commissioned a rice processing centre under the Nigeria for Women Project (NfWP) as the state’s commitment to economic development. The initiative on agriculture seeks to boost food and economic development in…
The Minister of Livestock Development, Di Maiha, has called for stringent regulations on milk collection mechanisms and value chain distribution. Maiha, speaking at the 2024 edition of the Continuing Education Programme for Veterinary Professionals in Abuja, emphasised that the vaccination of cattle should be prioritised to enhance the healthy consumption of dairy products. The event,…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), in partnership with the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), hosted a stakeholder event aimed at developing a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for Digital Agricultural Extension Services (DAES). The event, held at Ikeja, Lagos, convened stakeholders from public, private, and development sectors to address challenges faced by…
Ghana’s president-elect, John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to reform the country’s cocoa sector to boost growth and efficiency in the world’s second-largest cocoa-producing nation. In an interview with Reuters, Mahama vowed to reorganise the state-run regulator, COCOBOD, criticising the current structure of the cocoa industry, emphasising the need for a regulatory framework that prioritises farmers’…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that headline Inflation rate for November 2024 increased to 34.60 per cent, by a marginal 0.72 percent against the October 2024 headline inflation rate which stood by 33.88 per cent. The trend in November 2024, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), showed that on a year-on-year…
The Director of Ogun State Veterinary Services, Dr. Taiwo Jolaoso has announced plans to vaccinate 420,000 cattle against anthrax within the next three months. The move, Jolaoso revealed, was part of a proactive measure to prevent potential outbreaks. Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, is transferred from animal to man and its spores are naturally found in…
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi, plans to prioritise soil health by 2025 to significantly increase Nigeria’s yield-per-hectare, which currently lags behind the African average. Abdullahi made the call when the Deputy Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Bernard Vanlauwe and, the Senior…
In a bid to ensure food affordability, the federal government has rolled out its 2025 modalities to achieve food security, aiming to ensure no Nigerian goes to bed hungry. The modalities were disclosed when the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi, hosted a delegation from the National Defence College,…
A coalition of activists and non-governmental organizations, under the umbrella of ‘GMO-Free Nigeria’, has taken to the streets to protest the introduction of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods in Nigeria. The nationwide rallies, which also held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, aimed to oppose the Federal Government’s efforts to promote GMO products in the country….
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in its first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years, has warned of the effect of climate change on food security. The report, released recently, showed that nearly 1.4 billion hectares of land are already impacted by salinity, with an additional one billion…
