…TARGETS PRODUCTION OF 500,000 HECTARES OF MAIZE, RICE, OTHERS The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soya beans with $134m in Nigeria. The President of the bank, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, during a visit to the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano recently said the support…
A group known as Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) has announced the injection of about $30million into rural economies of six states of Abia, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta and Ondo in order to boost agricultural productivity and value addition across seven commodities value chains. Engr. Sanni Fatai Abiodun, National Project Coordinator made…
In a rather damning report, 22 corruption scandals worth over N12 billion have been discovered in the University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. According to a 2020 audit of Nigerian ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF), released in December 2023 the Agriculture institution was discovered to…
In a bid to end hunger and high cost of living in Nigeria and South East in particular, the wife of the president, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has concluded arrangements to empower Twenty farmers each from the five South East States. This is even as she assured Nigerians that hard times would soon be over. The…
All is set for the African Development Bank (AfDB) to commence the disbursement of $540 million fund to the first set of States in Nigeria for the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in the country. This is just as Vice President Kashim Shettima called for immediate action, saying it was time for the…
Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State governor has indicated that he was aiming to get a green bond in the value of N30 billion to advance the economy of the state. He said Gombe has a great potential in agriculture, particularly in the areas of tomato and livestock. He said these hold a lot of…
Despite reports of government intervention and supports in the agricultural sector, there are projections that hardly support that the federal government will achieve the desired massive production this year. Experts continue to give a gloom picture of what to expect in the year. The prognosis does not portend warm ride for food supply and good…
The Federal Government of Nigeria is collaborating with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to give support to farmers in Ebonyi state to enhance food production during the ongoing dry season. The support comes under the FG/IFAD -assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). 150 farmers from the state have been selected for the support….
Every policy decision and implementation, since the advent of the administration of President Bola Tinubu last year May, point to the fact that there will be massive production of food in Nigeria in 2024. What that suggests is that the projection that over 26 million people risk living in hunger this year may be defeated…
One major thing that has dominated public discourse in Nigeria in the past nine months is the rise in food prices, even as the purchasing power of the citizenry continues to slide. So, when the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS released its findings for the last quarter, not many people were surprised about the rise…
