Obasanjo describes Agricbusness risky, commends Ogun commissioner

The former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described agricultural business as very risky saying Ogun state government was lucky to have got a technocrat who understands the sector in person of Dr. Samson Odedina as its Agric Commissioner.  

PRESS RELEASE - COVID-19 INTERVENTION: FG FLAGS OFF DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL INPUTS IN CROSS RIVERS.

In the on - going efforts to mitigate the impact of covid-19 in the agricultural sector across the country, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono  today 6/8/2020, flagged off the distribution of the Ministry’s palliative incentive to Nigerian farmers in  Calabar, Cross River State, the South South Geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The Minister said that the effort is to increase the resilience of farmers and the national food systems in general.

Press Release -CRLIMITED AUCTION HOUSE operated by Confidential Realtors Limited will be auctioning Farm Tractors in Lagos on Wednesday 19th, August as against the initial date of 14th.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.

Puffer fish: Government official raises alert on consumption, says it is poison

A Deputy Director (DD) of Fishery at the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned citizens of Nigeria on the danger of consuming puffy fish saying it was a killer fish.

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.