Kenya: 3 Million Kenyans Need Relief Aid

3 Million Kenyans Need Relief Aid

Close to 3 million Kenyans are in need of relief assistance, official said. The Secretary of Communication and State House Spokesperson, Mr Manoah Esipisu, in his weekly address to the media in Nairobi on Sunday, said the number had doubled from 1.3 million in August 2016.

Kaduna state joins wheat race, says Lake Chad Institute boss

Kaduna State governor

The Executive Director, Lake Chad Research Institute, Dr. Oluwasina Olabanji has said that Kaduna state Government in its economy diversification efforts was about to finish planting five thousand hectares of wheat to upscale productivity towards substituting import bill of four billion naira annually.

Strategies to Feed Africa & Provide Jobs for Youths - AfDB As part of the African Development Bank's High 5 Agenda, the Bank in 2016 elaborated on two of its strategies to transform agriculture and to provide jobs for youths on the continent. Its "Feed Africa" - a strategy for agricultural transformation in Africa (2016-2025) seeks to eliminate extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa by 2025 and make Africa a net food exporter while moving the continent to the top of export-orientated global value chains where it has comparative advantage. The Bank also sees the potential benefits of Africa's youth population unrealized. In its Jobs for Youth in Africa - Creating 25 Million Jobs and Equipping 50 Million Youth (2016-2025), the Bank aims to catalyze the best set of options for Africa to promote transformative and inclusive growth, where the youth are the drivers of the required transformation and responsible for their own positive economic and social outcomes. More about the AfDB in this

Families queue for food in Badbado IDP camp, Mogadishu

As a devastating drought grips Somalia, UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that only a massive and immediate scale-up of humanitarian assistance can help the country avoid falling into another catastrophe.

Industry Bank boss says cassava processors well assisted

The Acting Managing Director BOI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju

The Bank of Industry (BOI) has said the processing of High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) embarked upon by the Federal Government during the last administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been well supported across the six geo political zones of the federation to ensure the needed processed quantity to millers for 10% inclusion to all bakeries.

‘Poultry farmers’ registration is the responsibility of both Vet and Animal scientists’

Prof. Eustace Iyayi

Recently, Food FarmNews recently had a chat with the Registrar/ CEO, Nigeria Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) Prof. Eustace Iyayi on various issues and most especially on the mandates of NIAS. Excerpts…

We have enough windmill technology for grazing reserves says Jet Age Solution

windmill technology for grazing reserves

An indigenous company, Jet Age Energy Solution Nigeria Limited has said it has enough windmill power borehole that would serve the whole nation's grazing reserves saying the durability of the technology is very overwhelming when compared to any other technology like solar panel.

NAIC compensate poultry farmers with N80M

Managing Director (MD) of (NAIC) Mr. Bashir Haliru Binji, and
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Agriculture, Manzo Maigari, 

The Managing Director (MD) of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) Mr. Bashir Haliru Binji, over 100% compensation has been paid to about few farmers that took cover against bird flu attack. He said this during the question and answer session at the Avian Influenza Consultative Meeting recently held at Abuja.

AFDB President, farmer’s slate for honor at Nigeria conference on SARD-SC wheat project

African Development Bank (AFDB) President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina

Between 27^th February- 2^nd March, 2017, Nigeria wheat value chain under the implementation and coordination of Lake Chad Research Institute( LCRI) in collaboration with ICARDA will give award to the African Development Bank (AFDB) President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina and some other farmers just as  achievements towards  import substitution of $4 billion annually will be show case to the cross section of the 12 participating African countries in the Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) in Africa.

FG, other partners ready to mainstream NAIP to CAADP-Malabo declaration compliance

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Rural development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Government through her Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and other stakeholders in collaboration with other international organizations will between 22^nd-24 February, 2017 brainstorm on appropriation of National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) of the Nigeria  following guidelines of  CAAP- African Union (AU) Malabo Declaration on Agriculture and post harvest losses.

SAA 2000 AGENDA PUTS NIGERIA`S FOOD PRODUCTION AND AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES ON THE INCREASE

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SAA Global 2000’s partnership with rural farmers and cooperative groups who are into rice, wheat, maize and cassava farming in Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, Cross River and Benue have been recording increased crop production from 1-2tons P/H to 4-2 P/H and singled out Cross River State where 5-8 tons of rice production was recorded as against 2-3 tons per H/A towards achieving its mission to eradicate hunger on the face of Africa realistic.