National Assembly passes PVP into law, Nigeria to earn $2b, says NESG

The National Assembly has finally passed the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) bill into law, and by this act, the right of ownership of both the national and multinational will be well protected to enhance agricbusiness in the country just as earning would upscale to $2b from zero currency in five years.

Press Release: AFAN executives Vs Faruk Rabiu led Committee for court hearing tomorrow.

I write to remind you that tomorrow the 15th of March, 2021 is the date the Judge set for the definite hearing in the suit between Arc Kabir Ibrahim and the elected National Executives of All Farmers' Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) and the 36 states and FCT AND Faruk Rabi’u Mudi and Co. as the purported Caretaker Committee of AFAN.

IAR to hold annual review meeting soon, says IAR boss

*Policy makers, farmers expected

As issues surrounding food security continue to linger coupled covid-19 pandemic disease, the Institute of Agriculture Research (IAR) through its boss, Prof.  Mohammed Ishiyaku has said that the annual review and planning meeting where improved technologies to checkmate drudgery and climate change challenges for robust food production would be soon held in April.

Editorial- Why is FMARD taking the back seat in its mandate?

 The recently held dialogue on global food system summit organized in Nigeria, championed under the supervision of the Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Budget and Planning, Dr (Mrs) Olusola Idowu has conspicuously exposed some lapses that are begging for the role of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) who had statutory mandate of policies formulations and implementation as regards food security in terms of productions in the country at the primary levels.

Bt cowpea has economic value of $638, says OFAB Director

The country director, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Dr. Rose Gidado has said the newly released bt cowpea by the national released committee would generate $638 million in six years into the economy through its sales alone.

Potato stakeholders call for marketing board, fairness of farmers

The elected leadership of the National Potato Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NAPOGPMAN) Mrs. Christie Sunkur has called for the resuscitation of the marketing board and adequate compensation for potato growers and markers who had recently lost their produce to food stuffs blockage by the Northern Consensus Movement (NCM) allied with the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria.

NGO determines to help 100,000 women in agriculture annually

The president, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) named Aged-Network, Dr. Majidadi Bala Kontagora has lamented over under-utilization of women in Agriculture, saying they are supposed to be well integrated into food security matters with a right to own a land. 

ARCN boss decries CBN loans to untrained farmers

* Laments over insecurity

The Executive Secretary (ES) of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Professor Garba Sharubutu has condemned and described Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s loans to untrained farmers as sheer waste of economic resources, just as he complained on the state of insecurity on food productivity.

Food security in trouble as ADPs employ non agriculturist as extension officers

There is great indication that Nigeria might be in deep shit if a proactive step is not taken against the employment process into the department of agricultural extension across the states in the country as findings revealed that majority of the newly employed extension officers have been confirmed not to have certificate on Agriculture. A typical case study was in Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

50,000mt maize into market reduces price, say CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through its communication office has credited itself for the injection of 50,000 metric tons of maize into the market to step down price from N200.000.00 to N180.000.00 per ton.