The federal government is making moves to reverse the slow pace of distribution of farm inputs to farmers in Nigeria. This is with the objective of ensuring that the delay do not inhibit the planned objective of the government to win the war against food insecurity in the country. This was hinted by the minister…
There are fears that Nigerians may experience more diseases and therefore increase reports of diseases in the coming years. This warning is contained in a recent report as hinted by Dr. Mohammad Pate, the coordinating minister of health and social welfare. The increase in health burden, according to the report, is projected at 21 percent…
Despite claims by the government at different levels that farmers got assistance from last year to do all season farming, the scarcity of food items and the attending prices hike is yet to be properly addressed. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Selected Food Price Watch (May 2024) said the average price of…
The Ekiti State Government is already taking a practical step towards fighting food insecurity in the State. By the time Governor Biodun Oyebanji and his cabinet rose from the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting on Monday a quantum amount of money had been voted for the clearing of about 325 hectares of farmland. The amount…
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…
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State, has revealed that Nigeria loses approximately $9bn annually to post-harvest losses. The Director of Teaching and Research Farms at the university, Prof. Felix Ugese, stated that the Global Hunger Index ranks Nigeria 110th out of 127 countries, indicating “serious” hunger levels. Speaking in Lagos at the Agroween Festival…
A group known as Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) has announced the injection of about $30million into rural economies of six states of Abia, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta and Ondo in order to boost agricultural productivity and value addition across seven commodities value chains. Engr. Sanni Fatai Abiodun, National Project Coordinator made…
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….
Barely two months after Umo Eno, Akwa Ibom State Governor unveiled a food security programme for the vulnerable persons in the state, he has also announced an interest-free loan for traders. The loan for which N1.5bn has been earmarked is a scheme in which the state government will give N500m to traders in each of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended GB Foods for establishing the biggest tomato processing factory in Africa in Nigeria. The president said that the investment has affirmed the confidence of foreign investors in Nigeria. Tinubu said this during the inauguration of the GB Foods state-of-the-art integrated tomato processing plant and expanded farm facilities in Gafara,…
