The step towards improving on agricultural productivity in Nigeria has a new dimension in the use of technology. This will include the introduction of satellite to ease the practice of agriculture. The authorities are using one of its agencies to introduce the technology. That agency is the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA. The…
Before Nigeria can arrest the current wave of food crisis in the country it must first stop the scourge of insecurity in the northern part of the country. This is because the country has, in the regions of the North, lost a good number of farmers to insecurity. Some of those who are alive have…
The Adamawa State government does not want to be caught napping and thereby record avoidable losses in its livestock. It has, therefore, started surveillance and planning a massive vaccination campaign against haemorrhagic septicaemia, a disease suspected to have caused the death of more than 1,000 cows in neighbouring Taraba State. Suleiman Aminu, permanent secretary at…
Here is an alarm: Nigeria is spending more than necessary on importation of food items. And the concern in the official circle is that such spending may be eating too much into the country’s foreign reserve. Now, here are the disturbing figures. Nigeria’s expenditure on food imports in the first quarter of 2024 soared…
The federal government has been urged to utilise the opportunity of the nationwide protests against hunger to first address the challenges of food scarcity and then improve on the revenue of the country. The call is contained in a recent appeal by some Nigerian farmers. They are asking the government to consider setting up a…
Federal ministries are forming alliances to ensure that the obstacles before the objective of the government to bring about sufficiency in food production do not hamper the dream of the country. It is in realisation of this objective to end food shortages in the country that two critical federal ministries have come together. The Ministries…
Things appear to be looking up in the agricultural sector in the country. And there is a renewed hope that the investments put into food production by the state and federal government may yield better results this time. This is because as part of efforts to combat food insecurity and give confidence to farmers, the…
The distribution of fertilizer to smallholder farmers in Kaduna State was flagged off by Governor Uba Sani recently. The 240,000 bags of fertilizer was given to the state by the federal government to support farmers in the state, so that the pledge to embark on massive production of food, itself a part of the programme…
The current high tariff of energy is beginning to have a toll on one of the companies in the country. The Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc said it has spent N22.88 billion on fuel and power expenses in the first half of the year. this, according to the company, represents 136.28 percent increase from N9.68…
The cotton sector in agriculture will soon get the necessary support from the federal government. This is with a purpose to boost the sector and ensure the creation of about 1.4 million jobs from there every year. this assurance was given by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, (FMAFS) Senator Abubakar Kyari. The minister…
