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…
In its bid to improve productivity and food security, the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has distributed plant seedlings, fertiliser, herbicide and poultry feeds to 250 farmers in Anambra State. The items were distributed at a Training and Empowerment of Verified and Validated Beneficiaries of the National Poverty…
Nigerians have been urged to adopt houseplants in their homes and communities to enhance air quality and humidity and improve environmental conditions. Chief James Nnadozie Uchegbuo, the President General of Ahuwa-Oboro Autonomous Community in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State said this during the National Houseplant Appreciation Day on January 10. “Plants naturally consume…
It is estimated that about 40 percent of food produced in Nigeria is lost before it gets to market due to inadequate processing, packaging and storage. The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this recently. The governor was speaking at the 11th edition of the PROPAK West Africa 2024: Smart Packaging Conference in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu,…
Cocoa farmers in Abia State are in the good season. The Abia State Government has promised to provide for them the enabling environment to improve cocoa production in the state. Deputy Governor Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu who doubles as the Chairman, Abia State Cocoa Transformation Committee stated this in his office at the Government House, Umuahia…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to invest more in Small and Medium Enterprises and agricultural sectors to enhance the economy. The association made the call at the Investiture of the 4th chairman of Gwagwalada and District Society of ICAN and the inauguration of a new Executive Committee in…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has called for collaboration between the organised private sector and the government needed to attract investments that would grow the states economy. The governor made the call in his speech at the 50th Annual General Meeting of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), recently in…
Despite recent security challenges in the state, the federal government chose Benue for the launching of the collaboration between it and the International Fund for Agricultural Developemnt, IFAD. That is a repudiation of the brains behind the recent return of hostilities in the state, as championed by criminal elements that has turned farmers to endangered…
.. LAMENTS HIGH COST OF FOOD ITEMS Worried by unprecedented high cost of food items in the state and obvious lack of interest in agriculture and farming by teachers and students, the Imo State House Of Assembly has cried out to the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma to immediately intervene, by ensuring that Agriculture is…
Though farmers and the governments, at all levels, are agreed that there is the urgent need to increase food production in Nigeria, with a purpose to solve food insecurity, land is one thing that may stand between them. Farmers in the Obi and Awe Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, which comprises nine communities, have…
