A Five-Point Plan to Make Buhari's Council On Food Security a Success

President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has established a National Food Security Council to address challenges in the country's food and agriculture sectors. Food security is a huge problem in Nigeria. It ranks 84th out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index, coming in just below the Republic of Congo.

Fadama III AF and Implementation uniqueness

World Bank Task team leader of Fadama 111-AF, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe 

The constant supervision mission component of the programme has impacted positively on the project delivery, by way of identifying challenges and ability to proffer quick- win  solutions towards achieving its mandate with evidence in all the states in terms of bumper harvesting at all levels.

FADAMA III AF, Activities and Successes in the Nation’s Food Security

The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh after an interface with World Bank team in his office

Introduction

The story of crops and livestock production in the last decade will not be completed without making reference to Federal Government (FG)-World Banking Assisted Fadama Project I, II, and III which has now been extended to Additional Financing (AF) which is tailored to the present administration’s economic diversification of eco-system agribusiness commercialization to empower and create wealth to rural dwellers.

Pictures speak at the recently held Experience sharing and advocacy strategies review technical session on Agricultural seed, Organized by the Partnership to Engage Reform and Learning (PERL)

Pictures speak at the recently held Experience sharing and advocacy strategies review technical session on Agricultural seed, Organized by the Partnership to Engage Reform and Learning (PERL)

IAR&T REFILs for 2018: Pictures speak as the best farmer from South West was honored with an award of excellence along with Prof. Oluwatosin for excellent performance as immediate past Refils coordinator. Here, Agric Commissioner, Ekiti state Hon. Odebunmi presents the award to Mr. Adekunle Adeniji, an illustrious son of Omuo Ekiti accompanied by his wife as best farmer. Others are pictures from the event.

IAR&T REFILs for 2018: Pictures speak as the best farmer from South West was honored with an award of excellence along with Prof. Oluwatosin for excellent performance as immediate past Refils coordinator. Here, Agric Commissioner, Ekiti state Hon. Odebunmi presents the award to Mr. Adekunle Adeniji, an illustrious son of Omuo Ekiti
accompanied by his wife as best farmer. Others are pictures from the event.

Pictures speak at the recently visit of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Board Members to the Institute's new facilities. the members report back the achievement to Deji of Akure, as they urged the kabiyese to support the college against land grabbers

Pictures speak at the recently visit of  Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Board Members to the Institute's new facilities. the members report back the achievement  to Deji of Akure, as they urged the kabiyese to support the college against land grabbers

Livestock: Minister asks NAPRI for a proposal

Group Picture

The business relationship between the National Animals Production Research Institute (NAPRI) with Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) today has deepened as the Minister of State, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar met with the team and demanded a proposal that would hasten business partnership towards a modern farm model for animals and other livestock productivity using standard methods for local consumption and export.

Africa needs to more than double cassava production by 2050, says NGO boss

R-L-- GCP21 Director Designate, Prof. Malachy Akoroda; GCP21 Conference Communication Coordinator, Godwin Atser; GCP21 Director, Dr Claude Fauquet; and journalists during the exhibition of cassava products in Lagos.

·        * 300 researchers, policy makers to attend mega cassava meeting in Cotonou

Africa needs to double her cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, says the Director for the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21^st Century (GCP21), Dr. Claude Fauquet in Lagos.

Organisations task governments on adequate nutrition available to the public

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva

A call has gone out to governments to persuade food industry partners to provide consumers with better access to healthier diets.

Sunflower Association alerts FG on foreigners posing as tourists to exploit farmers

Kebbi State Governor, Sen. Abubakar Badugu

·       *Kebbi Governor cautions on distortion

Stakeholders at the meeting of Sunflower Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria have alerted and called on the government to curb the influx of foreigners who came in the guise of tourists but only to end up buying agricultural produce at exploitative prices from the farmers.