Press Release -CRLIMITED AUCTION HOUSE operated by Confidential Realtors Limited will be auctioning Farm Tractors in Lagos on Friday 14th August 2020.

We are of the conviction that tractorization will enhance agric commercialization.
The present agricultural commercialization in Nigeria cannot go far until our farmers are moved from subsistence farming of crude implements’ utilization to the use of tractors to clear, to cultivate
and harvest thereby reducing drudgery in farming.

World hunger increases for fifth year in a row, UN report

The number of undernourished people in the world has increased by more than 60 million people since 2014 and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition, warns a report released on Monday by five UN agencies.

Press Release: The SeedConnect 2020 Digital Webinar Series themed “Building Resilience in our Seed System to achieve Sustainable Food Systems”

Seed

A viable seed system is the bedrock for agricultural productivity in any nation. The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted food systems directly and indirectly which has indeed created an urgent call for more resilient pathways to withstand shocks in the agricultural sector.

PRESS RELEASE - COVID-19 INTERVENTION: AGRIC FOR FOOD AND JOB PLAN KICKS OFF IN KATSINA AS FG FLAGS OFF ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.

The Federal Government has launched the  Agriculture for  food and job plan AFJP), a major take-off for the agriculture component of the Nigeria Economic and Sustainability Plan (NESP) targeting smallholder farmers .

COVID-19: Give seeds to farmers, NASC tells Governors

• NBDA promises yam seeds to 5m farmers

The Director General, National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) Dr. Philip Ojo has called on the states’ Governors to support farmers with improved seeds towards checkmating food hunger in the country.

Deplore Bt to fight covid19 hunger, scientists tell Nigeria, Others

Nigeria and other African countries have been as a matter of urgency asked to embark on the use of modern technologies to mitigate the impact of COVID 19 pandemic disease against human hunger towards food security and employment generation.

PRESS STATEMENT- SYNERGY BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND HOUSING SECTORS, SOLUTION TO RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SAYS AGRIC MINISTER OF STATE

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Honourable Mustapha Baba Shehuri, has said that the greatest solution to rural-urban migration in Nigeria rests on the ability for stakeholders to establish a strong link between agriculture and housing.

WFP raises alert on soar hunger, death to covid pandemic

The Executive Director (ED), World Food Programme (WFP) Mr. David Beasley has given a warning of impending famine in many countries as corona virus pandemic would destroy more lives if constructive measures to checkmate are not put in place, even as a published report from the organization has revealed a devastating hunger based on covid 19 impacts. Mr. David Beasley said this in press release made available to Food Farm News last week Friday.

Scientists admonish farmers, others on soil management

• Ask FG to pursue great green wall project

Two soil science professors have advised farmers, Government and international donors to embrace soil and fertilizers application management to achieve high food production in view of unabated population growth in Nigeria and Africa.

PRESS RELEASE - FOOD SECURITY: VULNERABLE FARMERS SMILE AS FG FLAGS-OFF OCP AFRICA SUBSIDIZED FERTILIZERS IN 11 STATES ACROSS THE NATION

The Federal Government in partnership with OCP Africa Fertilizer Limited, flagged-off the distribution of subsidized Fertilizers to the select vulnerable farmers in Nigeria as part of Covid-19 palliative to mitigate the effect of the Pandemic on Food Security.