Images speak as President Buhari Commissions the First National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) Integrated Farm Estate in Katsina State on 19th July 2021

President Buhari Commissions the First National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) Integrated Farm Estate in Katsina State on 19th July 2021. See more images below. Courtesy of Femi Adesina's page.

Why CBN boycotts NAIC on anchor borrow

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been alleged of  tactically avoiding compliance to the Federal Government (FG) directives that all its agricultural projects must pay a certain percentage of the sum total of the loan per farmer to the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) as a premium to forestall any unforeseen disaster against harvest of produce. Food Farm News finding revealed.

Gombe’s effort on food security, Agric Comm. speaks

As part of effort to ensure food security in the country, Gombe state through its commissioner of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Hon. Muhammad Gettado  Magaji has spoken on many of the achievements of the state in an exclusive interview with Food Farm News during the visit to the state.   Read the excerpts below

How FG livestock intervention is impacting in Bauchi, Gombe

Myetti Allah thank FG

The impacts of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in Bauchi and Gombe is an evidence that the roaming of cattle in Nigeria can be prevented through the ranching model as many farmers are already complying with this modern method of keeping animals in these two states.

AFAN president Arc Kabir Ibrahim says ‘’IT IS ALMOST ARMAGEDDON IN NIGERIA AS CLIMATE CHANGE, ABSENCE OF FOCUSED FOOD SYSTEM GOVERNANCE AND INCESSANT INSECURITY THREATEN THE SEARCH FOR FOOD SECURITY’’

When in 2015 the APP(Agricultural Promotion Policy) aka Green Alternative was unveiled by the Buhari Administration Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief hoping that the full implementation of the  policy will ensure the proper diversification of the economy and therefore make Nigeria more prosperous.

PRESS STATEMENT :RE: CONSTRUCTION OF 200M LINK ROAD AND DRAINS AT IGARRA AKOKO-EDO FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY, EDO STATE

The attention of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has been brought to an online viral video of Friday 2nd July, 2021, as well as the letter dated 5th July, 2021, from the Rt. Hon. Peter O. Akpatason, mni, Deputy House Leader, House of Representatives on the on-going construction of 200m link road and drains at Igarra Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency, Edo State domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

PRESS RELEASE- FG, STAKEHOLDERS, STRATEGIZES TO STREAMLINE GENDER IN FOOD SECURITY.

 The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has strategized to streamline the implementation of the  eleven objectives of the  National Gender Policy on Agriculture to reduce the vulnerabilities of women.

2020 Agric survey reveals huge loses, says ED NAERLS, Kabba

·         Bayelsa/ Ogun lose N18.5 billion on fisheries

·        Bauchi records N278m on cattle

·        Niger state N341m

·        Rice, maize record N33b loss

·        Farming infrastructure N1b

·        Advises govt on refilling empty silos

The 2020 Annual Agricultural Performance Survey (AAPS) has unveiled that billions of naira have been lost to flood disaster of year 2020 with many infrastructures being destroyed with grains and fisheries in different states of the federation.

The Misapplication of Fertilizer and its Impact on the Nigeria’s Economy and Environment by Abba Y. Abdullah, Ph.D., FFS., FNAE., FIMC.

In its Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP), The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) predicted for the year 2021 an agricultural growing season that will vary from normal to earlier than normal in Nigeria.

President Buhari approves N6,154,802,000 for fertilizer subsidy to farmers

President Muhammdu Buhari has approved a total of N6,154,802,000.00 as fertilizer subsidy fund to be disbursed to registered farmers under the data base of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and states’ Agricultural Development Programme (ADPs).