Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy has disclosed that the federal government has set aside N200 billion to tackle food insecurity in the country, noting that the amount would help bring down food prices and inflation. Edun said that with 30 per cent of the world affected by the problem…
The 2024 inaugural World Agritourism Day celebration themed “Food Security for All” was recently celebrated in Abuja. At the event, Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security said that agritourism would generate foreign exchange and boost food production in Nigeria. The minister also believes that the development of agritourism would…
The federal government, in line with the promise to encourage massive production of food in Nigeria, has invested much more than before in Agriculture. Towards this end it has spent N309 billion in the last one year to cultivate 500,000 hectares of farmlands in the different states in the country. This was disclosed in Abuja…
Insecurity and incessant attacks on company facilities were a major clog in the progress wheel in rubber plantation farming in 2023. This is according to Graham Hefer, the Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Plc, who made this disclosure in an interview. He called on the Federal Government and Edo State Government to help the…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has advocated progressive ranching laws in the Southeast and other parts of Nigeria to permanently address the constant farmers herders crisis. The acting national youth leader of Ohanaeze, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, made the call during a briefing at the just-concluded Igbo Youth…
Anambra First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has begun the process of setting up a healthy living garden in Awka, the state capital. The garden, which will serve as an exhibitional sample for the ongoing Healthy Living Garden Competition and the proposed Healthy Living Community Garden initiative, will be occupied by vegetables and other types of…
Farmers in the Niger Delta region should be jumping for joy. This is because the Ministry of Niger Delta Development is embarking on an agricultural development initiative that will further encourage farmers in the Niger Delta region. The management of the ministry, under the leadership of Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has announced the commencement of a…
If the plans of Governor Ademola ADELEKE sails through, then in no distant future Osun State will lead other states in Nigeria in the production of cocoa. He said plans had reached an advance stage to collaborate with a Chinese company towards achieving this objective. Adeleke gave the assurance while receiving a Chinese team that…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected fresh moves to create grazing routes for cattle herders in the country. The resolution was passed by the lawmakers, as they observed a minute silence in honour of those who were killed in Omala LGA of Kogi State. They also urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide the…
Nigerian government officials may not have to travel far to get farm implements, thus wasting the meagre foreign exchange at her disposal and unnecessarily lengthen the time needed to provide inputs for the growth of agriculture in the country. This hope was raised with the disclosure by Nigeria’s vehicle manufacturer, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company Ltd…
