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The Executive Director ( ED), Institute for Agricultural Research ( IAR,), Zaria, Prof. Yusuf Ado has expressed the need for more partnership synergy between National Agricultural Research Institutes ( NARIs), saying it would enhance technologies' wider spread across the nation towards food security.
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The 36th edition of National Varietal Release Committee (NVRC) Meeting for crops, livestock breed/ fisheries domiciled at NACGRAB, and chaired by Prof. Olusoji Olufajo has approved the first ever improved maize varieties for commercial pop corn production along with another quality meat chicken with several other releases that will ensure national food security inclusive of vitamin nutrients provision for the humans' body.
Images speak @ the 36th Varietal Release Meeting held today 26th 2026, at the Lafia Hotel, Ibadan.
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector have raised concerns over the reported sale of fertilizers by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), pointed at how relevant this was to its mandate just as they questioned the expiration date of the items.
Onion farmers in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government ( FG) to prioritize and sustain subsidies in the agricultural sector, warned that food insecurity could worsen if support for farmers were reduced.
The Executive Director (ED), National Institute for Horticultural Research (NIHORT), Prof. Mohammed Lawal Attanda has recently posited that availability of locally generated improved seed varieties will reduce the incidences of pest diseases in the country's food security system.
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The Secretary General (SG), Maize Association of Nigeria ( MAN), Mr. Bamidele Ayeni has called on the Federal Government ( FG) to speedify action that will address unstable prices of maize in Nigeria.
The two ministers, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) have tactically dodged answers to non payment of workers' salaries at the Institute of Soil Science of Nigeria just as no response was given to over 90% of the 2026 ministry's budget being given to National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) alone.
A former director at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Engr. Akeju Olagbaju has emphasized the need for a stronger data system that will enhance easy appraisal of farming reform towards food security in the country just as he requested for more collaboration with other stakeholders.
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A former house of representative member, at the National Assembly, Hon. Munir Babba Dan Agundi has described a jump from N10 billion to N1.4t for food import as too outrageous within three months.
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The ActionAid, Nigeria has called on the Federal Government ( FG) to intensify effort that will ensure the price decline of bread for Nigerians like other food items the government claimed are declining.
Images speak @ quarterly citizens and stakeholders engagement session held in Abuja today.
Some heads of National Agricultural Research Institutes ( NARIs) have expressed their dissatisfaction on the budget padding that usually overshot their actual financial projects being spent annually, and thereby runs contrary to the best international practices.
