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…
The authorities and all the stakeholders are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that food insecurity becomes history in Nigeria. In the latest development the African Union (AU), African Development Bank (AfDB), and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) pledged to forge partnerships to expand the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS). The bank…
International crop protection expert, Prof Daniel Gwary, has urged the federal government and the private sector to take proactive measures aimed at addressing the growing menace of tomato Ebola. The insect infection has caused significant financial losses to farmers, surpassing N1.5 billion. Gwary, a Professor of Plant Pathology at University of Maiduguri emphasised the importance…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called for innovations in agricultural practice in Nigeria. While speaking at the AgriConnect Summit in Lagos, Obasanjo said when strategically harnessed, innovation and collaboration can tackle challenges confronting Nigerian agriculture. Speaking on the theme of the event, “Bridging the Divide: Cultivating Collaboration and Innovation for a Sustainable Agricultural Future,” Obasanjo,…
There is the need for the federal government to increase its working relationship with the private sector on agricultural programmes in order to give more youth the necessary impetus to participate in agricultural development in the country. This was the position of Jerry Ngene, the national chairman of the Nigerian Youth for Agricultural Revolution Initiative,…
The minister of state, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abdullahi, says Nigerians consumed an estimated 1.6 billion litres of milk and its products annually. Mr. Abdullahi, who stated this at a news conference in Abuja, to mark the 2024 World Milk Day, said that 60 per cent of the products are imported….
