PRESS RELEASE - COVID-19 INTERVENTION: AGRIC FOR FOOD AND JOB PLAN KICKS OFF IN KATSINA AS FG FLAGS OFF ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.

The Federal Government has launched the  Agriculture for  food and job plan AFJP), a major take-off for the agriculture component of the Nigeria Economic and Sustainability Plan (NESP) targeting smallholder farmers .

COVID-19: Give seeds to farmers, NASC tells Governors

• NBDA promises yam seeds to 5m farmers

The Director General, National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) Dr. Philip Ojo has called on the states’ Governors to support farmers with improved seeds towards checkmating food hunger in the country.

Deplore Bt to fight covid19 hunger, scientists tell Nigeria, Others

Nigeria and other African countries have been as a matter of urgency asked to embark on the use of modern technologies to mitigate the impact of COVID 19 pandemic disease against human hunger towards food security and employment generation.

PRESS STATEMENT- SYNERGY BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND HOUSING SECTORS, SOLUTION TO RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SAYS AGRIC MINISTER OF STATE

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Honourable Mustapha Baba Shehuri, has said that the greatest solution to rural-urban migration in Nigeria rests on the ability for stakeholders to establish a strong link between agriculture and housing.

WFP raises alert on soar hunger, death to covid pandemic

The Executive Director (ED), World Food Programme (WFP) Mr. David Beasley has given a warning of impending famine in many countries as corona virus pandemic would destroy more lives if constructive measures to checkmate are not put in place, even as a published report from the organization has revealed a devastating hunger based on covid 19 impacts. Mr. David Beasley said this in press release made available to Food Farm News last week Friday.

Scientists admonish farmers, others on soil management

• Ask FG to pursue great green wall project

Two soil science professors have advised farmers, Government and international donors to embrace soil and fertilizers application management to achieve high food production in view of unabated population growth in Nigeria and Africa.

PRESS RELEASE - FOOD SECURITY: VULNERABLE FARMERS SMILE AS FG FLAGS-OFF OCP AFRICA SUBSIDIZED FERTILIZERS IN 11 STATES ACROSS THE NATION

The Federal Government in partnership with OCP Africa Fertilizer Limited, flagged-off the distribution of subsidized Fertilizers to the select vulnerable farmers in Nigeria as part of Covid-19 palliative to mitigate the effect of the Pandemic on Food Security.

Wet season planting: Gov. Tambuwal releases N7.4 Billion to support farmers

Governor Aminu Wazari Tambuwal of Sokoto State has announced the release of N7.4 billion to boost agricultural activities in the ongoing wet season planting for the procurement of inputs and loan facility for exportable crops like sesame seeds.

IITA improved cassava cuttings gets AfDB, AGRA, PIND support

The Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seeds System phase 2 project (BASICS-2) of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) meant to enhance transferring of improved cassava cuttings to farmers in Nigeria and Tanzania has received a support from African Development Bank (AfDB), Alliance Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) that will enhance its sustainability.

PRESS RELEASE- COVID – 19: FG REAFFIRMS SUPPORT TO FARMERS, DISTRIBUTES FREE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS IN KOGI

The Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has reaffirmed the Federal  Government's  commitment to support Nigerian Farmers with agricultural inputs to enhance food production, create employment and enable farmers to recover quickly from sudden shocks of the COVID -19 Pandemic as well as sustain food supply in  2021.