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" Yesterday in Nairobi, I delivered the Keynote Address at the 20th Anniversary of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa ( AGRA ) titled “A Harvest That Employs the Century: Yields, Value Chains, and the 2050 Workforce”. In it, I laid out a broad strategic agenda to improve the productivity, value chains, and governance capabilities of African agriculture.
The Managing Director ( MD) Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA), Dr. Farouk Ahmad Kurawa has asked the farmers and pastoralists to pray for more food security interventions just as he pleaded for peaceful coexistence within the state.
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) has announced with sad note the passing away of its former president, Architect Kabiru Ibrahim, just as the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association (FACAN) also expressed sadness over the death of its former National Deputy President, late Chief Adjaroh Oghenekaro.
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All the membership, Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) has expressed its deep sorrow over the sudden death of the former All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN), late Architect Kabiru Ibrahim just as he was described as a person who lived his life for Agricultural development in Nigeria.
The National Food Community Bank, the pet project of Her Excellency, Chief/Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria is breaking ground to get nutritional foods to the poorest of the children through the established food banks already in Borno, Jigawa, Kogi and the recently inaugurated one in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
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As part of humanitarian support to Nigeria, the government of Thailand has donated rice valued approximately at $20,000 to address food related challenges.
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The three major parties, Accord, All People Conference (APC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have said agriculture would be given priority to ensure food security and revenue generation through employment creation with the use of modern technologies.
The Federal Government ( FG) is working out a plan to establish an agricultural mechanization plant that will be capable of producing 2,000 to 4,000 tractors in Nigeria.
Africa has been said to be spending an estimated $70 billion annually on food imports even at the expense of her great agricultural potential in research and improved innovations across the continent.
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in an effort to stabilize food prices for has hinted a plan to initiate a N200b post harvest interventions for price stabilization just as smart transportation will be initiated to ensure accessibility, availability and affordability of the agricultural produce.
