QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for peace, recognition of the right to food, and reform of multilateral institutions as cardinal imperatives. He said this during the G20 Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting held recently in Brazil. The Meeting was the first major event of Brazils…
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 Kogi State Government has taken a significant step towards addressing malnutrition in the state by launching a nutritional support programme. This initiative aims to provide essential support to vulnerable groups, including pregnant women, nursing mothers, children living with HIV/AIDS, orphans, and physically challenged individuals. Mallam Momoh Dauda, General Manager of the Kogi State Community…
President Bola Tinubu is focused on developing all aspects of the national economy including the achievement of the national sugar master plan. The government efforts in this regard is part of the goal of achieving $1 trillion economy within a short time. This assurance was given in Abuja by the Minister of State for Industry,…
Nigeria’s inability to tap into the livestock market was due to the absence of a robust system to track and monitor livestock movement and health status. This is according to Muritala Alade-Bamgbala the Chief Executive Officer of Protein Trail Technology, a government solution-focused firm with the aim of sanitising Nigeria’s meat value chain. He, therefore…
The Abia State Government, through the Commissioner for Information and Culture Prince Okey, has announced the prescription of street trading in the state. The decision was taken to address the spate of insecurity and vandalism activities in public schools. Okay while briefing journalists in the state capital, Umuahia, after the State executive council meeting urged…
Is the SAO Agro Allied Service Limited guilty of allegation of destruction of farmland said to be located within the Oluwa Forest Reserve in Ondo State? What really is the true situation of things? The firm was accused of destroying the affected farmland, as claimed by farmers in the area. The farmers, in their hundreds,…
The primate of The African Church, Archbishop Julius Olayinka Osayande Abbe has called on President Bola Tinubu to make it a point of duty to address the troubling crises of food, fuel and security in the country. He made the call at the 5th Biennial and 118th Conference of The African Church recently held at…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a two-day workshop will facilitate an agricultural transformative initiative through the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)-funded Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP). The collaborated workshop, organised by the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and the Kano State Government is themed “Agricultural Transformation and What Works: Reflections from the Crop Value Chain…
