The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, has commenced a training for farmers in Nigeria to turn rice husks to mushroom. The maiden programme was held in Niger state. The programme titled ‘Conversion of Waste to Wealth,’ an innovation that uses rice husks and straws as substrates for mushroom production in Bida, Niger state, rice…
A total number of one hundred youths and women have been trained and empowered in tomato and pepper production in Adamawa state. The programme, organised by the federal ministry of Agriculture and food security in conjunction with the National Horticulture Research Institute, NIHORT, trained the beneficiaries on different techniques in agriculture. These include seed transplanting…
Consumers who lament the scarcity and high cost of onions may not know what farmers go through to get the product to the kitchen. Farmers have had to contend with stubborn factors like climate change, poor storage facilities and insufficient quality onion seedlings. The consequence isl that last year, the cost of a bag of…
The National Tomato Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria have sent an urgent appeal to the federal government to intervene in order to halt post-harvest losses that have bedeviled the tomato subsector. The Kaduna chapter of NATPAN Rabiu Zuntu said tomato farming will witness growth if government supports with adequate equipment and facilities and…
The Guild of Public Affairs Analysts of Nigeria (GPAAN) have called on the government to evolve sustainable food systems that would address the challenges posed by population growth, urbanization, climate change, infrastructural deficit, policy inconsistency, technology and insecurity. They made the call at the weekend during a Public Lecture with the theme “The Way Forward…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2024 report saw food prices record a significant rise that year. The report states that Food Price Index (FPI) increased from 117.6 points in January to 127.0 points in December. The FPI, which tracks monthly changes in international prices for key globally traded commodities reflected a 6.7%…
It was a gathering of experts in the agro processing and packaging sub-sector at a round table meeting organised by the Association of Women in Agro Processing and Packaging (AWAP) which held in Lagos. Themed: “Round table meeting towards greater 2025 in agro processing, branding and packaging,’’ they called for proper branding and wrapping of…
A group, Nigerian Institute For Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) Childhood Friends of 1979-1983 Association, says it has finalised plans to invest massively in the agricultural sector. This according to its President Mr. Wilson Etinosa Ekhomogiazin was to support President Tinubu’s effort in tackling food insecurity in 2025. At a get together ceremony in Benin, the…
The federal government has been urged to bring back “Operation Feed the Nation,” an erstwhile agricultural policy of the military administration of then General Olusegun Obasanjo. The proponent of this move believes that this will in address the food insufficiency currently faced by Nigerians. While making the appea, an agriculturist, Mr. Tiltilayo Adebanjo disclosed that…
The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) may be ready now to rise up to the challenge in the effort to fight food insecurity in the country. This is because the institute has announced that it will develop a technology to reduce post-harvest losses in agriculture. This is what the institute, which changed its name…
