FEC approves $900m for Agriculture Financing

 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $900 million for Agricultural financing along the value chains of food productivity and agro-processing. 

Cocoa: FG gives farmers One Million Climate Smart Seedlings

 

The Federal Government (FG) has started the distribution of one million improved hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers across the fourteen states of the Federation.

Raw Material Council: Stakeholders divide over DG's performance

 

There seems to be a divide view on the performance of Raw Materials Development Council (RMRDC) under the leadership of the current Director General (DG) by stakeholders over local contents substitution for our industrial use.

Editorial: Let the Governors take extension services seriously by funding

 

The funding disposition of many if not all states' Governors to food security is the point of concern in this editorial, even in the instances of increased budgetary allocations by the Federal Government ( FG) to the governors every month.

Do we have food security in Yoruba land" Seun Kuti asks

Mr. Seun Kuti, an Afrobeat musician has raised a critical question of whether the Yoruba region would be able to feed itself, particularly on tomatoes and peppers which are usually supplied by the North.

A civil society calls for wheat reform inputs

 

A strong voice in the advocacy of Agricultural Development in Nigeria, ActionAid has called for a more proactive instrument of wheat inputs distribution in Nigeria, saying this would fast track the trickling down of the produce to intended people.

FG charges committee on improved food safety

  

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, state, Sen. Abdullah has encouraged a newly constituted committee on the standard Agricultural produce that is internationally competitive for consumption.

Agric staff link to silos' looting

A staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) Mr. Ajoke Suliaman has alleged that some internal officers were involved in the vandalization and carting away of valuable items in the silos facilities across the country during the EndSARS crisis in 2020.

AFAN says the FG inputs distribution will soon begin, asks transparency

The National Deputy president, All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN), Chief Daniel Okafor has said that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) will soon begin to give out agricultural inputs to small scale farmers in Nigeria, just as he solicited for a very transparent process.

Improper handling over by retirees disrupting food security

  

A participant name withheld has called the attention of agricultural stakeholders to the incomplete handling over process of senior retirees from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS).