NCAM gets substantive ED, stakeholders fault the appointment

 

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.

Land Grabbers: Osun Farmers Protest, appeal to Governor, Oni

 

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.

Farmers protest against delay in fertilizer distribution

 

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.

FG asks states to make land available for Agriculture

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.

Niger Delta: FG announces $500m for Agric business development

 

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.

FG set to verify farmers for food Security

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.

FMAFS lacks funding for approved food security programs

 

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.

Kaduna killings put farming under threat, ActionAid, AFAN speak

The recent Kaduna killings of people including farmers has put farming and food security under serious threat.

IBB son chairs Bank of Agric

 

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).

More Northern states face hunger, $89m needed, says United Nations World Food

 

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.

NADF Trains 1,884 Extension, Food Security Officers Nationwide

 

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.

FEC approves $900m for Agriculture Financing

 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $900 million for Agricultural financing along the value chains of food productivity and agro-processing in Nigeria. 

Cocoa: FG gives farmers One Million Climate Smart Seedlings

 

The Federal Government (FG) has started the distribution of one million improved hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers across the fourteen states of the Federation.

Raw Material Council: Stakeholders divide over DG's performance

 

There seems to be a divided view on the performance of Raw Materials Research Development Council (RMRDC) under the leadership of the current Director General (DG) by stakeholders over local contents substitution for our industrial use.