Pastor (Otunba) Tola Faseru, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Osun State is also the President of the African Cashew Alliance, ACA. In this interview with Sultan Bello he speaks about the policies and programmes aimed at boosting Cocoa production and attaining food sufficiency in the state. Excerpts: There was a report that tractors purchased…
The Nigerian stock market closed on a bearish note on Tuesday, with a loss of N69 billion, due to sell-offs in large and medium capitalised stocks. The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation, which opened at N59.004 trillion, dropped by N69 billion or 0.12 per cent, closing at N58.935 trillion. Similarly, the All-Share Index (ASI)…
In a bid to achieve food security, and employment generation amongst others, the federal government has reiterated its commitment to ensure the availability of food. This it plans to do through the sustainability of high agricultural yields in the country as part of efforts to curtail the high cost of food. The development comes as…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mrs. Nonye Ayeni, says things are looking up for Nigeria in the area of export, thus bringing about hope for a balance of trade that will be favorable to the country. She said this at the third national conference on non-oil export in Abuja,…
The government must give priority to technology for its efforts at promoting food security, health, climate stability and a secured environment to yield the good results. This view was expressed by the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji. He was speaking in Abuja to commemorate World Science Day for Peace and Development,…
Dangote Sugar Plc and BUA Foods Plc raked in a whopping N1.025trn from sales of sugar during the third quarter of 2024. This represents a 36.23 per cent increase from the N752.383bn realised by these two food giants in the corresponding period of 2023. The surge in the revenue is attributed to inflationary pressures and…
The forthcoming Conference of the Parties (COP 29) will likely be dominated by debate on the effects of climate change. The indication emerged at a webinar titled “The Emission Gaps and the Road to COP 29”, where environmental experts and activists participated. For instance, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) sounded the alarm, calling…
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…
