In an effort to ensure maximum utilization of economic potentials in the Fisheries and Aquaculture in Nigeria through a new policy that will run from 2024-2028, an instituted policy experts by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ( FMARD), now renamed Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are already finalizing a policy document for the sub sector in view of the newly created Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMME).
The Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria ( FACAN) recognition night has promised to double food production, just as Prof. Gbolagbade Ayoola in his keynote address described policies' non implementation as a bane of food security since independence.
Images speaks @ FACAN Awards and Dinner night held in Abuja last week. See more images below..
The Nation's potato farmers have requested the Federal Government (FG) through its ministry to support them with funds and inputs towards achieving renewed hope in food security.
I wish to appreciate the Federation for All Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN) Group for bringing about this very important topical issue at this time when the new government in power is seeking ways and means to boost Food Security and the Nigerian economy. I am here to discuss the role of Cassava in achieving the two objectives of Food Security and improving the economy.
Six staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) may be soon subjected to face court charges on the account of vehicles diversion and fund misappropriations.
The Nigerians Agricultural Insurance Corporation ( NAIC) leadership has expressed her sympathy to livestock farmers who are recently affected by the Anthrax disease in the country.
*Hails Tinubu's Forex policy
* Counts achievement
The leadership, Federation of Commodity Associations of Nigeria ( FACAN) have asked the members of the public to disregard few individuals going about parading themselves as the new leaders just as they hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu exchange policy on agricultural economy.
The agricultural stakeholders have asked the Federal Government (FG) to speed up policy on pesticide control on crop production just as they wanted more budget funding for organic inputs towards healthy foods for consumption and export.
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No doubt by all global standard, our expenditure may have seemed far below 10 percent of our annual total budget to Agriculture as being stipulated in Mabuto/Malabo declaration by African Head of States in 2014.
The Federal Government (FG) has commenced the electronic distribution of subsidized agricultural inputs to 600,000 farmers in five different states of the north, under the supervision and funding by the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Program Phase One (ATASP-1).
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled plans to ameliorate the pains of Nigerians with food availability through immediate and short term actions just as the leader of All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) Architect Kabir Ibrahim posited that Nigeria solution to food security must be looked from a bigger picture of productivity beyond Nigeria.
