FG Committed to eradicating hunger – Lokpobiri

·       Decries Herdsmen/Farmers Crises

 The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri

The Federal Government has assured of its total commitment to the zero hunger goals by the year 2030 and has promised to increase the present tempo of strong agricultural activities in the country to attain this national objective. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri gave the commitment recently in Abuja.

World Food Day: Gate Keepers Report and Food Security in Nigeria by the Executive Director of the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Prof M.K. Othman

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

My dear readers; permit me to digress from continuation of my last week article on recognition of 21^st Century Inventors to discuss on “World Food Day celebration, Gate Keepers Report and their implications to Food Security in Nigeria”. This topic is apt at the moment to remind my fellow citizens of the impending food insecurity threat to our dear nation, Nigeria.

EFCC charges Agric College Boss to court

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged the provost and four others from Federal College of Agriculture, Moorplantation, Ibadan to court for fund misappropriation.

Dangote, others to start tomato processing locally

·        *Minister says there increase in quantity of food  produced

Tomato

Indications have emerged that Dangote Tomato Processing Plant and three other firms may commence operations soon following the resolve by the Nigerian Customs Service to commence implementation of the New Tomato Production Policy. The Vice President of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), Emmanuel Ijewere disclosed this recently in Abuja.

U.S, Kebbi Govt sign agreement to promote agribusinesses

Group image as USADF AND GOVERNOR OF KEBBI STATE IN NIGERIA ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION DOLLAR PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT LOCAL AGRIBUSINESS

The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) has entered a $10 million Agricultural investment agreement with Kebbi State Government to provide seed capital and technical assistance to local agribusinesses in the state. This was revealed by Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State in Abuja, recently.

images speak as ACAN summit kicks off tomorrow

  ACAN summit  kicks off tomorrow 

  ACAN summit  kicks off tomorrow  .. see more images below

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.