The damages done by incessant floods to crops and the danger it poses to availability of food items will not upstage the planned massive production of food in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, gave the assurance in Abuja. He sympathised with thousands of farmers whose farms were destroyed by…
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 Katsina State Government has said that it has decided to invest N30 billion in agriculture in the state. The investment is part of efforts to boost agriculture and improve food security. In this regard the objective is to promote mechanised agricultural practices towards, ease the challenges of the farmers and enhance economic development at…
Despite complaints that the huge investments in the agricultural sector did not yield the desired outcome, the sector is said to have contributed to the national gross domestic products GDP in the second quarter of this year. This is the submission on Monday of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which said that Nigeria’s Gross…
For the government to encourage growth in the mining sector it must do an appraisal of the relevance and observance of the law on local content in the country. It must also do a proper assessment of its decision to increase rates in the sector. This is the position of the Association of Miners and…
….SETS UP HELP DESk The Ekiti State Government has advised farmers to be on the lookout for the Fall Armyworm (FAW) infestation outbreak in the state. The worm is known to attack over 60 plants, particularly corn and rice (but also Bermuda grass, soybean, peanut, cotton, and alfalfa). The warning was contained in a statement…
The government of Enugu State may have to re-assess its plan to revive the mining activities in the state. This, according to stakeholders in the state, is with a purpose to ensuring that adequate environmental impact assessment is done at the sites and the interest of workers, majority of who are yet to be properly…
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…
A senator has asked the federal government to institute an investigation into the delay in the distribution of the fertilisers it mandated the federal ministry of agriculture and food security to give to sub-national governments in the country. The call was made by Onyekachi Nwebonyi, Senator representing Ebonyi North senatorial district, who is also the…
The Lagos Food Bank, a non-governmental organisation focussed on support for the vulnerable people in the society got an unusual partner in its efforts to alleviate the current hardship of the people recently. The partner does not operate in the food or agriculture sector. But it is known for its humanitarian inclination which makes it…
