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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.
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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.
