Stakeholders galvanize support for agribusiness reforms

·        *commence implementation of new tomato policy soon

Stakeholders at the recently held Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness (MIRA) Nigeria Project Stocktaking meeting have demanded for the sustainability of the programme so as to enhance support for quality inputs of seeds and fertilizers in Nigeria.

UN calls for interventions aimed at guaranteeing access to nutritious foods

Global hunger -UN

A call has gone out to countries to implement and scale up interventions aimed at guaranteeing access to nutritious foods and breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. This was contained in The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 released recently.

Quella birds resurface in six states

*lack of fund hampers control

REDBIILED QUELLA IN FLIGHT

About six states of the federation have been ravaged byquella birds. This is according to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) as lack of fund may have halted the control of the invaders that have destroyed over 3,000 hectares of land with food crops in the Northern part of Nigeria.

Wheat import: FG promises self-sufficiency by 2020, launches TAAT

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·       Farmers, Millers promise harmony

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has officially launched Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)in Abuja.

Images speak as USADF and governor of Kebbi state in Nigeria announces $10million partnership to support local agribusiness

Group image as USADF AND GOVERNOR OF KEBBI STATE IN NIGERIA ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION DOLLAR PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT LOCAL AGRIBUSINESS
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PRESS RELAESE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES THE NATIONAL GENDER ACTION PLAN (NGAP) FOR AGRICULTURE.

GENDER ACTION PLAN (NGAP) FOR AGRICULTURE.

The Federal Government has launched the National Gender Action Plan (NGAP) for Agriculture in order to build  the capacities of Nigeria’s women.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,Chief Audu Ogbeh made the remark at the launching of the document put together by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Synergos, in Abuja today.

Rice smuggling: Vision FM 92.1 chats with Food Farm News publisher

Publisher Food farm news Ayeni Oladehinde

Mr. Ayeni Oladehinde is the publisher of Food Farm News. He spoke on the economic implication of porous land borders to rice productivity in Nigeria saying Nigeria Customs Services must be up to its responsibilities not to allow smuggling while all the imports should pass through seaport. Read the excerpts of the thirty minutes live economic programme on the Vision FM 92.1 station Abuja.

FG REAFFIRMES COMMITMENT TO CREATE JOBS THROUGH E-WALLET SYSTEM

Group Picture during the World food day/ Agric Show

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to create jobs for million of Nigerian youth through E-wallet System; which will reduce unemployment, increase productivity and ensure sustainable development.

Zero Hunger: our actions today are our future tomorrow STATEMENT BY H.E SUFFYAN KOROMA, FAO REPRESENTATIVE IN NIGERIA AND ECOWAS ON BEHALF OF JOSÉ GRAZIANO DA SILVA, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE WORLD FOOD DAY 2018 CELEBRATION, ABUJA, NIGERIA, OCTOBER 16, 2018

FAO REPRESENTATIVE IN NIGERIA AND ECOWAS  SUFFYAN KOROMA,

Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The eradication of hunger and all forms of malnutrition (Sustainable Development Goal number 2) was defined by world leaders as a cardinal objective of the Agenda, a sine qua non condition for a safer, fairer and more peaceful world.

Opinion- Food abundance impossible without technology

Post harvest losses

It is sad that people go hungry in this country in spite the quantity of food produced by the various value chains.