In what appears a further claim to leadership in Cocoa production in Nigeria, Calabar, capital of Cross River State will host the national cocoa festival this month. The Programme which is being planned by the Cocoa Farmers’ Association of Nigeria, CFAN is the 3rd edition of the National Cocoa Festival. It is a two-day event…
A partnership between the Republic of South Korea and Bayelsa State government has brought gains to the latter. It has seen the government of South Korea training officials and directors from the Bayelsa State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The intensive capacity-building on sustainable agricultural development programme, which was fully funded by the Korean…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for the strengthening of relations between Nigeria and the European Union, particularly in addressing malnutrition and other humanitarian challenges in the country. Shettima recently expressed Nigeria’s appreciation for the EU’s support noting there was a need for continued collaboration between the two partners during a courtesy visit by an…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has expressed readiness to partner with Babanna Border Development Agency (BBDA) to check agricultural activities at the border. Speaking while playing host to the Management of the Agency led by its Director-General, Mohammed Garba Danladi, in Abuja recently, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security,…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released a report on the cost of the national average Healthy Diet (CoHD). In it it is shown that the average cost of a healthy diet is N1,265 per adult per day in July 2024. The report is tagged “Cost of a Healthy Diet July 2024.” NBS said…
In a bid to boost food security and harness opportunities in the dry season farming in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration has distributed 31 tractors and over 102,000 seedlings to farmers across the state. Unveiling his plans recently, Adeleke disclosed that he has committed N8bn to the acquisition of tractors and farm clearing equipment…
The Development Bank of Nigeria said it has provided N112bn loan to 11,859 businesses operating in the manufact uring and agricultural sectors of the economy. The DBN Managing Director, Tony Okpanachi gave this figure at its 4th DBN Annual Service Ambassadors Award ceremony, where he commended partnering banks for their contributions to facilitating access to…
Traders across the country have one month within which they are to bring down the prices of commodities. Failure to do that would result in prosecution. That is the order from the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Mr Tunji Bello, issued the order on Thursday at…
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu mandated him and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, to move Nigeria away from food insecurity and ensure that no Nigerian goes to bed hungry. Abdullahi stated this in Abuja at the…
The internally displaced persons who found themselves at the IDP camps because of one hostility or the other in Plateau state can now smile. This is because after much complaints and sufferings as a result of being forced out of their residential areas and farms and now having to leave on handouts, their cry appears…
