The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Temitope Fashedemi, on Thursday, expressed readiness to “train 819 Tractor Operators and Mechanics to equip them with broad knowledge and practical skills in handling agricultural machinery to enhance food production.” At a two-day stakeholders’ workshop on the review of the draft National…
The crisis of food security is coming home to workers in the food sector. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), says employment in the global food system is strinking by the day. This alarm was raised in its recent FAOSTAT report, claiming that the global share of employment in Agrifood Systems…
The World Food Programme, WFP has told President Bola Tinubu that the only panacea to food security in Nigeria is for his government to pursue the enthronement of peace in the Northeast zone of the country. The global institution says that the restoration of peace in the region will mitigate the crisis of the projected…
The price of read, one of the staple foods in Nigeria, is not likely to come down soon. This is because the cost of producing flour, one of the major materials of production, is on the rise. For instance, the Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), has announced that it spent a whopping N1.419trn on…
As part of its resolve to combat food insecurity from all fronts, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has decided to put everything in place towards achieving an all season agricultural practice in the country. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun Osun River Basin Development Authority, Dr Adedeji Ashiru, has therefore announced the…
A study by a private organisation has suggested measures to be taken by the authorities to avert what it described as a looming danger in the food sector in the coming year. The report commissioned by AFEX, a commodity trade solutions company, has recommended measures for the federal government to address price volatility in the…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has said that the current administration is focused on providing the necessary enabling environment for the private sector to take the lead in the avowed effort to achieve food sufficiency in Nigeria. He said this at the inaugural Farm, Food, and Allied Technologies (FARMFATECH) Expo…
Master Energy Group has refuted the misinformation that the company has imported expired rice to the country. The company in a statement on Tuesday and posted on its Facebook page explained that the company ordered some quantity of rice in 2016 with the value of the consignment duly paid. It stated that the consignment was…
There are indications that the World Bank may borrow Nigeria’s idea for the use of other countries, as a model for solving nutrition challenges in the West African region. This is just as Vice President Kashim Shettima reaffirmed the government’s commitment to addressing its growing nutrition challenges through a community-driven strategy aimed at transforming nutrition…
The current inflation in Nigeria is biting hard. The reality now is that majority of people in employment can no longer survive on their income, while scores of the unemployed are losing hope of surviving. Nigerians have seen over 70 percent surge in food expenses, while transport expenses have gone up by more than 40…
