Conventional farming can’t guarantee food security — Prof Mustapha

The Director General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha has reiterated that traditional farming will not be able to sustain food security without the use of modern day technologies  as population keeps increasing in Nigeria. 

Images speak at the Community Empowerment through Agricultural Biotechnology held in Abuja

 

Images speak at the Community Empowerment through Agricultural Biotechnology held in Abuja.

Editorial- Agricultural subsidy without data

The issue of subsidy to agricultural inputs is as old as ages in the food production of Nigeria, both states and Federal Government (FG) had in several occasions assisted farmers especially small scale holders to boost crops and animal productions with inputs like fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides with several same being done in the livestock  without accurate data of the beneficiaries for the purpose of accountability which has made many people express doubt on the amount of money usually acclaimed to have been spent.

LCRI Researcher attributes high wheat import on Ukraine-Russia war

A researcher at the Lake Chad Research Institute, Dr.Turaki Zakari has said that the war going on between Ukraine and Russia as having negative effect on Nigeria’s import bill on wheat, the countries being major exporters of the produce to us.

Agric Minister tasks stakeholders on palm oil repositioning.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has enjoined stakeholders in the oil palm sub sector to ensure repositioning of the produce to its rightful position of exporting to another Nations.

FG constitutes committee to review agric extension manual

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has inaugurated a committee to review agricultural extension manual of the country towards effective best agronomics services to food security along the value chains.

Democracy day: Insecurity mars FG investment in Agric

 A lecturer at the University of Benin, Professor Eddy Erhagbe has said that the billions of naira the Federal Government (FG) expended on agriculture in the last twenty-three years of democracy may have been hampered by the spate of incessant killings and attacks of rural farmers by hoodlums and bandits. Prof. Eddy Erhagbe stated this yesterday during a program ‘’ Good Morning Nigeria’’ on the National Television Authority (NTA) when responding to question on 23 years of democracy in the country.

AFAN Tussles: Minister, public told case still in court

The Minister of Agriculture, and the general public have been notified not to recognize any group or transact business pending the final pronouncement of the Federal Court of Appeal on the matter of leadership between the Architect Kabir Ibrahim led factions of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), and Faruk Rabiu Mudi who had officially been adjudged as substantive president by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of Federal High Court.

Presidency worries over farmers’ enumerators

*FMARD promises payment soon

The office of the Vice President (VP), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has expressed disappointment over the prolonged payment to the thirty-five thousand youth enumerators that had registered and captured farmers’ data across the states of the federation, even after the Economic Financial Corruption Commission ( EFCC) investigations had found no sharp practices against the exercise.

Monkey pox: One dead records, Agric Minister advises

Finally, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the death of one person out of 21 being infected by monkey box disease.