FG opens cow milk processing plant in Yola

cow milk

The Federal Government has opened a milk collection and processing facility in Yola, in partnership with a Fulani community and Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH).

‘Increase Food Production 100% Or Risk Hunger’

Chief Audu Ogbe

With an agenda to ensure a hunger free nation, the federal government has urged Nigerians to increase food production by 100 per cent in order to meet the needs of citizens or risk hunger when the population increases, writes Ruth Tene Natsa.

RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (RMRDC) DRAFT COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION ORGANIZED.

 RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (RMRDC

Following extensive deliberations on issues raised during the presentation of papers, participants noted the following:-

1.      That economic diversification and the promotion of resource-based SMEs are necessary for healthy, sustainable and inclusive economic development.

Nigerian flour millers promise wheat production off take.

Stakeholders

The Chairman, Flour Millers’ Association of Nigeria has promised its commitment to off take farmers’ wheat production with readiness to support with harvesters so as to reduce drudgery during harvest after production. 

Scandinavia’s First Zero Packaging Supermarket Opens This Summer

 First Zero Packaging Supermarket

It is estimated by Eurostat that 156 kg (343.9 lb) of packaging waste are generated per person per year in the European Union. According to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 42 kg (92.6 lb) of edible food waste are produced per person per year in Denmark.

Fertilizer scarcity looms, as 135 trucks still held in Lokoja

fertilizer

Dealers of fertilizer in Kano State yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, ensure immediate release of the fertilizers impounded by soldiers in Kogi State in order to end its scarcity in the Northern part of the country.

Increase Food Production Or Risk Hunger- Minister

Increase Food Production

With increasing population comes an increasing demand for food, a basic human need which cannot be substituted, but unfortunately while the demand for food continues to increase, its production is still tottering as a result of varying challenges, ranging from poor access to land, lack of access to agricultural machinery, poor access to loan facilities, youth drudgery, and even the unavoidable effect of global warming and climate change.

New Report Examines the Links Between Energy, Food, and Water to Propose Policy Solutions

New report examines the inextricable links between energy, food, and water systems.

Recently, the Sustainability Institute and School of Public Leadership in Stellenbosch, South Africa published a report, “Mitigating Risks and Vulnerabilities in the Energy-Food-Water Nexus in Developing Countries.”

‘Customs Is Succeeding In Curtailing Smuggled Frozen Poultry’

Nigerian Customs Service

The Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) has said the Nigerian Customs Service is succeeding in curtailing the importation of poultry products through land borders, making Nigeria’s animal feed number 40 in the world, according to the registrar and chief executive officer of the institute, Dr Oyedele Oyediji.

Seven Nigerian Fulani herdsmen dead in clash with farmers in Ghana

Adekunbi Sonaike Ayodeji

The acting Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Adekunbi Sonaike Ayodeji, has disclosed the killing of seven Fulani Nigerian herdsmen in Ghana.The acting Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Adekunbi Sonaike Ayodeji, has disclosed the killing of seven Fulani Nigerian herdsmen in Ghana.