The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMA&FS) in collaboration with the Self Help Africa (SHA) Group has strategized to mitigate Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) effect on farmlands. This is done to accelerate food and nutrition security, promote climate change, generate employment and transform Nigeria into a leading global food producer. The project aims…
Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, on Wednesday said that the Federal Government has commenced the distribution of the 42,000 metric tonnes of grains in the seven focal points of State capitals of the Northwestern States. Kyari revealed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council,…
The federal government is planning to bring together a diverse community of organisational partners and strategic stakeholders in the ongoing efforts to transform agriculture and agro-allied systems in Nigeria. These will involve representatives of the public, private and social sectors. This is to enhance the commitment for innovation and new technologies to enable factors for…
Chairperson: Good afternoon my people, how has it been? Anyway, there is no need to ask questions or pretend about the happenings in the country, the whole thing is glaring for everybody to see, even for a blind. With all these shouts of “We are hungry, that is re -vibrating all over the council, we…
….AS THE STATE ACQUIRES 120 TRUCKS OF GRAINS TO COMPLEMENT FEDERAL INITIATIVE In efforts to cushion food insecurity across the country, President Bola Tinubu next week will flag off the distribution of the 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains released from the National Strategic Reserves across the country. The president will also commission the…
Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has commenced the sale of seized bags of rice to the public at the rate of N10,000 per 25kg . Adeniyi while briefing newsmen in Lagos, said the process for the sale of the food items has been perfected such that a form with…
The Zamfara State government has stated its readiness to enter into a partnership with the government of Sweden in furtherance of its efforts to improve agriculture and mining among other ways of boosting the economy of the state. Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, North-West, Nigeria, made the promise in Abuja recently during a courtesy…
By the time he started out as a farmer he was sufficiently interested and learned about the art of farming that it would be wrong to say he went in out of sheer necessity or because he had no options. Yes, he took up a job on a farm when it was becoming difficult to…
Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwoland has offered a solution for the food crisis ravaging the nation. The monarch has suggested to President Bola Tinubu by opening the borders to cushion the effect of the food crisis ravaging the country. Oluwo urged President Tinubu to prioritise the importation of grains and building materials to create…
Due to rising cost of living ravaging the country, the federal government has called for collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, and their sub-national counterparts are to ensure sufficient irrigation of farmlands for a year-round food security. Aliyu Shehu, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, revealed this…
