Editorial- COVID-19: A call for deliberate food action plans.

We wish to commend President Muhammadu Buhari for his directive to the task committee on COVID 19 that 6,000 metric tons of food from the National Grains Reserve in the strategic silos be released to cushion effect of scarcity and increasing food prices in at least the three states of the federation namely, FCT, Lagos and Ogun that have been officially locked down, with movement restrictions for 14 days;

Interior minister orders farmers' back to farm

Despite the directives of the Federal Government (FG) for everyone to remain at home pending the fast spreading  novel Covid-19 is curbed across the country, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has ordered farmers back to their farms.

It's still possible to resume the GES, says Cellulant Boss

As the rumour of Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) programme for efficient inputs distribution to small holder farmers continue to garner momentum, the chief principal operator of the technology in Nigeria has said that its return within a short window is possible, but the revalidation of the farmers’ data need to start immediately, being a proposed strategy by Messrs Cellulant to Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD).

COVID-19: AFAN leader says farmers’ restriction is a threat to food security

• Identify Architect Kabir as leader

Nigerian farmers have expressed dissatisfaction over the Presidential speech that did not include its members among the professionals that are allowed to move about for their roles in food production, saying this was an invitation to food insecurity.

Cassava: NEPC wants export as CBN promises finance

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) boss Mr. Segun Awolowo has emphasized the need for more export of cassava derivatives to achieving more economic earnings for the country, even as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is now set to finance the development of the crop value chains with loan supports.

Cat food mystery foils diet study

A study that set out to measure how much wildlife domestic cats eat to supplement the food they are given by their owners was unsuccessful due to an unexpectedly high variability in cat food ingredients. This accidental discovery suggests that some cat food manufacturers regularly change ingredient composition, even within the same flavors of cat food.

Kwara gives 50,000 cocoa hybrid to farmers, promises addressing challenges

The Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has given cocoa farmers 50,000 early maturing hybrid seedlings to galvanize its production just as the Government is determined to address all the challenges facing the crop.

Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability

A new Michigan State University study shines a light on how big data and digital technologies can help farmers better adapt to threats -- both present and future -- from a changing climate.

Covid-19: food security threatened

*Farmers alerted

As the global novel COVID-19 virus spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that the infection could get worse, highly-placed stakeholders in the agricultural sector have said that food security would be threatened in the country, just as they had also alerted farmers on the need to take precautionary safety measures that would prevent them from being infected by the virus.

‘Bakers to pay N2.0m for breach of hygiene code’

Bakers are now to pay the sum of two million naira for any breach of hygiene regulations in the bakeries and other confectionaries.