Food Security

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, has announced the approval by the federal government for the ministry to give non-collaterised loan to Nigerian farmers and vulnerable citizens. He said on Thursday that his experience as a displaced person motivates the ministry’s interventions, including the new N36 billion funding for farmers and…

In the bid to avert the damage of perishable food crops from farm to markets in Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu, has approved immediate construction of new roads in rural communities. This is to enable farmers to evacuate produce from their agricultural plantations without stress. Governor Otu announced that the executive has ratified and…

Farmers at Ebonyi State University, EBSU, farm, in Abakaliki, have lamented that the herders grazing over two hundred cows stormed their farmlands and destroyed their vegetable and crop farms. Speaking to newsmen, they recounted how these herders have incessantly destroyed their farmlands rendering their crop yield useless. A widow, Ibi Eunice, narrated that her family…

Governor Hyacinth Alia has reassured farmers in Benue State of his administration’s commitment to eliminate all concerns inhibiting farming and about food insecurity in the state with the resumption of full-scale cultivation in 2025. He disclosed this when he spoke to journalists after meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House. Governor Alia…

The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, has commenced a training for farmers in Nigeria to turn rice husks to mushroom. The maiden programme was held in Niger state. The programme titled ‘Conversion of Waste to Wealth,’ an innovation that uses rice husks and straws as substrates for mushroom production in Bida, Niger state, rice…

A total number of one hundred youths and women have been trained and empowered in tomato and pepper production in Adamawa state. The programme, organised by the federal ministry of Agriculture and food security in conjunction with the National Horticulture Research Institute, NIHORT,  trained the beneficiaries on different techniques in agriculture. These include seed transplanting…

Consumers who lament the scarcity and high cost of onions may not know what farmers go through to get the product to the kitchen. Farmers have had to contend with stubborn factors like climate change, poor storage facilities and insufficient quality onion seedlings.  The consequence isl that last year, the cost of a bag of…

The National Tomato Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria have sent an urgent appeal to the federal government to intervene in order to halt post-harvest losses that have bedeviled the tomato subsector. The Kaduna chapter of NATPAN Rabiu Zuntu said tomato farming will witness growth if government supports with adequate equipment and facilities and…