Kaduna killings put farming under threat, ActionAid, AFAN speak

The recent Kaduna killings of people including farmers has put farming and food security under serious threat.

IBB son chairs Bank of Agric

 

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen Abubakar Kyari, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen.Dr Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi and Chairman, Board of Bank of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammad Babangida, during the inauguration ceremony.

The first son of the former Military Head of states, General Mohamed Babagida, retired has been officially empowered to chair the newly constituted board of directors of the Bank of Agriculture ( BOA).

More Northern states face hunger, $89m needed, says United Nations World Food

 

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has said hunger will hit more people in the Northern states of Nigeria just as the organization pleaded for an emergency $89 million to prevent more  vulnerability.

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 in Nigeria. 

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 divided view on the performance of Raw Materials Research 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.