FERTILISER: SOKOTO FARMERS GET A HANDSHAKE FROM TAMBUWAL
Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto State and one of the three senators representing the state at the National Assembly is back home helping with development. As part of efforts to boost agricultural productivity in the country, Senator Tambuwal, representing Sokoto South, has commenced the distribution of 4,200 bags of fertilisers to farmers in the…
OVER 500 TOMATO FARMERS IN EDO STATE GET SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has empowered over 500 smallholder farmers in Edo State with seeds as part of efforts to boost tomato production.Samuel Owoicho, the State Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, distributed the seeds to members of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN). He mentioned that the initiative…
CHAIRMAN OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN LAGOS PLEDGES LOAN TO FARMERS
Some local government chairmen are rising up to the challenge of producing enough food to battle food insecurity in Nigeria. One of them is Wasiu Adesina, Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos. He has spoken of his plan to partner with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund to roll out a N30m soft…
AGRICULTURE BOOSTS NIGRRIA’S TRADE GAINS WITH GERMANY-THE CONSULATE GENERAL IN NIGERIA
The record of trade between Nigeria and Germany in 2023 shows that food exports from Nigeria to Germany has contributed to an increase in trade for Nigeria, thereby making the balance of trade to be in favour of the country against the European nation. Weert Borner, Consulate-General of the Federal Republic of Germany made this…
FOOD SECURITY: BUA MOVES TO EXPAND WHEAT FLOUR MILL CAPACITY
The private sector is working hard to partner the government in the desperate effort to solve the nagging issue of food insecurity in the country. One of the foremost business leaders in the food sector, BUA Foods Plc, has said it will expand its wheat flour milling capacity to 2.5m MTpa. This was contained in…
NAFDAC IN PURSUIT OF TRADERS OF FAKE MILO DRINKS IN BAUCHI
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is in possession of information that some unscrupulous traders are marketing fake Milo drinks in Bauchi State. It has, therefore, embarked on the exercise to find out the person’s connected with this act to ensure that the health of consumers of the product is…
NAFDAC SEIZES EDIBLE VEGETABLE OIL BEING TRANSPORTED IN THREE TANKERS HITHERTO USED TO TRANSPORT PETROL
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reported the seizures of three petrol tanker trucks in Apapa for allegedly transporting crude edible vegetable oil. The information was shared on Wednesday via its X handle, accompanied by a video, noting that the oil had reportedly been trans-loaded into the tankers from…
GOVERNMENT SET UP DATA COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN THE SECTOR
To revitalise a seamless database in the Agricultural sector, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Temitope Fashedemi has inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) on farmers’ Data capturing. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, Fashedemi said the process will identify and develop modalities to achieve a seamless database, that would…
NAFDAC COLLABORATE WITH NACCIMA, COCOA ASSOCIATION, NON OIL EXPORTERS TO BOOST NON-EXPORT TRADE
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Cocoa Processors Association of Nigeria (COPAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Network of Practicing Non-oil Exporters of Nigeria (NPNEN), and Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), have agreed to work together to boost Nigeria’s non-oil export trade….