Food Crisis: AGRA warns Africa against COVID-19 aftermath

•Says 250 million people are vulnerable

The  Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has called upon African continent to become more conscious of the food crisis impact that the pandemic Corona virus disease might leave behind, saying about 250 million people in Africa are already sleeping without food.

PRESS STATEMENT -FG APPOINTS PREMIER VC FOR NEWLY ESTABLISHED UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ZURU, KEBBI STATE

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a Vice Chancellor for the newly established University of Agriculture, Zuru, Kebbi State in the person of Professor Musa Isiyaku Ahmed.

We partner NCAM to reduce farming drudgery, says NAMEL

• NCAM Boss insists on local adoption

The Nigeria Agricultural Mechanization& Equipment Leasing Company (NAMEL) has said all its imported equipments for farmers’  land clearing, and foreign consultants for trainings on implements maintenance  are well certified by the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM).

COVID 19: FACAN President says is lesson to food security

• Disagree on grants for exporters

The National President, Federation of Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) Dr. Victor Iyama has said the pandemic corona virus disease should be seen as a call to rightly reposition our food productivity value chains for sustainable supplies against hunger and enhanced food security, saying that produce exporters should be given free tax loan as against grants to cushion losses effect.

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.