The plans of governments at various levels in Nigeria to give battle to food insecurity may suffer another set back. This is because, as farmers prepare for a new planting season a palpable anxiety hangs over Nigeria’s agricultural heartlands following a fresh wave of violent attacks by some criminal elements. This has cast a long…
The Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) on Tuesday proposed the validation of the Conditional Revised Offer for Specific Commitment for the Protocol on Trade in Services enshrined in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. The purpose of the meeting, the Director General/Chief Trade Negotiator (DG/CTN), Ambassador Yonov Agah was to enhance relevant…
To ensure peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders, the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo, has inaugurated a 17-member Conflict Prevention and Resolution Committee. Governor Ododo, who inaugurated the committee in Lokoja on Thursday, charged them to check, regulate and monitor the movement of herdsmen and their livestock along the stock routes to prevent…
The President of the Nigerian Economic Society, Professor Adeola Adenikinju, has emphasized that to achieve food security, Nigeria should adopt the bold agricultural policies implemented by countries like Indonesia and India. He stressed the need for agricultural modernisation through enhanced access to technology, inputs, and irrigation. Professor Adenikinju shared these insights during his presentation on…
Senator Ede Dafinone, representing Delta Central Senatorial District touched the real people in need recently. He went to an internally displaced persons, IDP camp in Okuama, Delta State to donate food items worth millions of naira to people there. Conscious of the fact that what he has given may not be enough to last for…
The Senate has charged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to put an end to chemical induced fruit ripening among fruit sellers nationwide. The lawmakers also called on other stakeholders in the food and drug control sector to rise to the challenge by imposing penalties on fruit sellers engaging in…
Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security has disclosed the partnership between the federal government and the Nigerian Agro Input Dealers Association (NAIDA) to enforce strict compliance of sales and distribution of certified and approved inputs in the country. Kyari said this in Abuja while receiving Kabir Umar Fara, President of NAIDA, and…
The Mushin Fresh Food Agro-Hub established by the Lagos State Government in 2023 has generated N2.5bn in transactions in 12 months. The 6,400 square metre site in Idi-Oro, facilitated by 348 vendors attracted 75,000 visitors in trading activities during the 81 market days held for commercial transactions. The food hub was established to reduce farmers’…
An agricultural economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Chuma Ezedinma has stated that the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone programme (SAPZ), will create jobs for two hundred thousand residents in Anambra State. Ezedinma told journalists on the sideline of the meeting tagged Preparation Mission for the Development of the second phase of the SPAZ…
Pastoralists will soon be smiling, as they will get pastures with ease, while the incidence of conflict with farmers will reduce. It is believed that this development will also address the negative impact of herders’ invasion of farms to feed their cattle on food security. This is because states in the northern part of Nigeria…
