Have you noticed a hike in the price of eggs of late? Were you thinking that the prices might come down soon? There are indications that consumers may have to live with the hike for some time to come. This is because the factors that created the hike in price do not appear to have…
The Renewed Hope Initiative of the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has given out ₦10m to 20 female farmers in Rivers State to boost agriculture productivity in the state. The initiative aims to ensure the availability of food items at cheaper rates to mitigate the high inflation rate in the country. The cheques…
The Cross River State government has said that degraded areas of the state are to be restored. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Johnson Ebokpo, announced this during a critical stakeholders’ meeting. He said the state government has initiated plans to establish six new cocoa farm estates in six local government areas of the…
To ensure peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders, the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo, has inaugurated a 17-member Conflict Prevention and Resolution Committee. Governor Ododo, who inaugurated the committee in Lokoja on Thursday, charged them to check, regulate and monitor the movement of herdsmen and their livestock along the stock routes to prevent…
The Nigerian government is concerned about the soaring prices of tomatoes in the country. The prevailing food inflation, which is the highest in decades, has been a challenge for the administration of Bola Tinubu, which declared a state of emergency in food production last year, as part of efforts to battle food insecurity. Unfortunately, a…
The World Bank has revealed plans to disburse $500m as loan to enhance rural road infrastructure and agricultural marketing in Nigeria. The financial institution said the fund requested was contained in the final draft of the Resettlement Policy Framework for the Nigeria Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project Scale-UP (RAAMP-SU) under the Federal Ministry of…
Lagos State Government through Dapo Olakulehin, General Manager, of Lagos State Coconut Development Authority has reiterated the urgent need for everyone to focus on tree planting in order to contribute efforts at mitigating climate change. It is also necessary to create a sustainable environment, as well as affirm its commitment to promoting coconut heritage and…
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the federal republic of Nigeria has urged the federal government to prioritise food security by offering single-digit interest loans to farmers. Obasanjo recently made the call at the 2024 Agriconnect summit, themed “Bridging the Divide: Fostering Collaboration and Innovation for a Sustainable Agricultural Future,” held at the Landmark Event Center,…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and other stakeholders have shown commitment to controlling and eradicating the Peste Des Petits (PPR) disease in livestock in Nigeria. The FMAFS said the move aims to improve the livestock sub-sector as a…
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN is in crisis. The crisis is not about limited farming inputs, insecurity or absence of funding, though all these factors remain present dangers for farming and food production in the country. Rather, the crisis that has bedevilled the association stems from the disagreement among its members. This has…
