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The All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN), Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) chapter, has promised to give their support in the upcoming presidential election to whoever gives more necessary support to food security and agricultural development matters.
The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Dr. Andrew Mamedu has challenged the propensity of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth on the lives of rural communities, particularly farmers, saying the report's impacts have not positively translated on better living of the people.
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Zaria yesterday showcased its available improved innovations and technologies for food development and sustainability to major stakeholders in the environment.
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The Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) Sen. Abubakar Kyari has stressed the need for stronger partnership between the FG, states and other developmental partners so as to galvanize food security as envisaged by the African head of states in Kampala declaration for 2026 to 2036.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari has condemned the killing of 15 farmers in Marte Local Government Area of Borno state by suspected terrorists.
When Nigerians discuss food security, the conversation often centers on fertilizer, tractors, irrigation and the huge volumes of food imported into the country. These are important concerns.
Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has been named Agricultural Finance Institution of the Year at the BusinessDay BAFI Awards 2026 in recognition of its efforts to expand agricultural financing, support smallholder farmers and agribusinesses, and strengthen Nigeria’s food production and market systems.
From all of us at Food Farm News, we wish Nigerians at home and across the world a happy and memorable 66th Independence Anniversary.
In view of climate change impact on soil and crops, about eight dryland crops in Nigeria have been slated for improvement intervention in order to support farmers facing weather related challenges.
The Registrar, Plant Varietal Protection Office ( PVPO), domiciled in the National Agricultural Seeds Council ( NASC) Dr. Folarin Okelola has emphasized why all breeders must use intellectual property rights to protect their crops innovation against exploitation without appropriate benefits.
The Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) has advocated more funding for millet research and its commercial promotion to justify the crop's nutritional potential.
The 48th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Food Security (NCAFS) may have been slated to take place in the first week of November 2026.
The Federal Government ( FG) through its Agriculture Ministry has announced the preparation for 2026 world food day celebration slated for October 16.
Researchers who claimed to have applied for research project funds are already complaining of not being able to access the money from National Agricultural Development Fund ( NADF).
A plant breeder Dr. Maryam Dawud of Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) has said the negative impact of insecurity in the North is already taking its toll on cost of research development just as farmers are already quitting their farms for safety.
The Federal Government ( FG) under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( PBAT) is planning a new strategy of giving farmers affordable mechanization services that will enhance food security.
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The All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) has asked the Federal Government ( FG) to improve on its inputs delivery strategy to ensure timeliness for effective planting for food security.
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, is pleased to announce the appointment and reappointment of distinguished researchers to key leadership positions within the Institute.
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The All Progressive Congress ( APC) chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda has emphasized that infrastructural provision will enhance agricultural development in Nigeria beyond its shores.
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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.
The Agric Minister, State, Nigeria, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has asked the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to apply the same measure of technologies transfer in Asia and Latin America to African food security, saying this is what would quickly advance commercial food system development among the nationals in the continent.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, State, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has said that Nigeria is presently upscaling the use of science and technologies to drive her food value chains system beyond farmers' tables.
The National Agricultural allocations for 37 states including FCT has been reported to have had lower budgets as against 10% Maputo stipulations which Nigeria was a signatory.
The Federal Government ( FG) through the Minister of Livestock, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha has approved a new leader for National Veterinary Research Institute ( NVRI), Vom, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology ( FCAHPT), Ibadan and Institute of Animal Health and Production ( FCAHPT), Vom.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( PBAT) has approved the appointment of Engr. Julius Oloro as the new substantive Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization ( NCAM), Ilorin, Kwara state.
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Over 3,000 farmers from the farm settlement in Araromi-Oke-odo, Ife South Local Government Area of Osun State, staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, calling for urgent government intervention over land grabbing, recurring attacks, and insecurity threatening their livelihoods.
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Nigeria's farmers of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) chapter has demanded for the immediate release of the 6,800 fertiliser bags meant for them to grow rainy season food for year 2026.
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority ( NALDA) has told the states' government that food increase synergy would not be achievable except they made legal lands available for community agriculture development.
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The presidency through the Vice President's office has announced a $500 million Agricultural business development fund to diversify crude oil economy in the Niger Delta Region to food sustainable more economy earnings.
The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen agricultural data generation, validation, sharing and analysis in a move aimed at promoting evidence-based financing, policymaking and investment across Nigeria's agricultural sector.
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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to establish a credible database for genuine farmers.
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has proposed a ₦200 billion Guaranteed Minimum Price Programme to protect farmers from post-harvest price crashes, stabilise food markets and shield consumers from rising food costs.
Africa's drive to transform agriculture must move beyond simply increasing research funding to building a robust innovation ecosystem that connects scientific discoveries with industry, investment and farmers, Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, and the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), Mohammed Ibrahim, have said.
An active execution of food security programs in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) has been drastically slowed down of recent due to lack of adequate funding. Food Farm News recent visit reveals.
The recent Kaduna killings of people including farmers has put farming and food security under serious threat.
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| 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).
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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.
The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has commenced a nationwide capacity-building programme aimed at strengthening Nigeria's agricultural extension system with the training of 1,884 Extension Agents and Food Security Specialists under its Grassroots Digital Extension Corps (GDEC) initiative.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $900 million for Agricultural financing along the value chains of food productivity and agro-processing in Nigeria.
The Federal Government (FG) has started the distribution of one million improved hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers across the fourteen states of the Federation.
