PRESS RELEASE- FG COMMISSIONS LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED RICE MILL TO ENHANCE FOOD SUFFICIENCY, OTHERS

President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has commissioned the large scale Integrated Rice Mill to expand domestic rice production as well as achieve self-sufficiency in the Country.

PLANT HEALTH, CROP IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY By Professor (Engr) Mohammed Khalid Othman (FNIAE, MNSE, MASABE) National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, PMB 1067 Samaru-Zaria, Nigeria

 A keynote Address presented at the 48 th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Plant

Protection (NSPP), held at Bayero University Kano, on May 15th-18 th , 2023.

Professor (Engr) Mohammed Khalid Othman

 

Preamble

Plant health and crop improvement are essential strategic tools of achieving food security in

Nigeria. Plant health is the state of plants being free from pests, diseases, and other stresses that

can negatively impact their growth and yield. Crop improvement, on the other hand, involves the

use of various techniques and technologies to enhance the yield, quality, and nutritional content

of crops. The combined benefits of these two strategies can immensely contribute to food

security in Nigeria.

Agric Export: stakeholders brainstorm on more foreign earnings

 

Agric experts in both private and public sectors have arrived on a consensus that would enhance better foreign earnings through export of more agricultural produce in Nigeria.

FG provides 89,512.10 MT seeds for 2023 planting

*  Association decries fake inputs

The Federal Government ( FG) has promised to give farmers a total of 89, 512.10 metric tons for the year 2023 planting seasons, just as an association of seed producers wanted the activities of companies selling fake chemicals checked against food security efforts of the Government.

Images speak @ the Official Launching and Presentation of the National Agricultural Seed Policy 2022, held at the Ministers Conference room Abuja.

Images speak @ the Official Launching and Presentation of the National Agricultural Seed Policy 2022, held at the Ministers Conference room Abuja.

World Milk Day Celebrations 2023: Advantages for Nigeria’s Dairy Industry by Dianabasi Akpainyang

The first of June every year is set aside by the United Nations as World Milk Day to celebrate the global dairy industry’s contribution to nutrition, livelihoods, and the environment. Since the inception of the commemorations in the Year 2001, celebrations have varied in theme and content globally.

Trade/Investment PS charges Directors standard performance

The Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Dr. Evelyn Ngige has admonished her directors to embrace global standard office management towards better appraisal of staff performance. This was said in a statement made available to us through the office of the Director of press and public relations, ably represented by Eugene Oyinye.

THE ATTAINMENT OF FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA:THE NEED FOR FOCUSED AND EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AT THE FMARD- An opinion by AFAN President.

The APP (Agriculture Promotion Policy), the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) Intervention through the Anchor Borrower Program  and now NATIP(National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy)if properly implemented could have led to the attainment of food security ecurity in Nigeria.

Milk Day - ACAN president wants Govt to encourage private sector

 

As the world plans to celebrate the 2023 World Milk Day, the President, Agricultural Correspondents of Nigeria (ACAN) Mr. John Oba has advised the Federal Government (FG) to embark on private sector motivation into surplus milk production towards sustainable productivity for human consumption.

Tractorization: How FMARD squanders N5.5B without result

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has been pinned responsible for the wastages of N5.5 billion being an approval by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) for procurement of tractors and other simple equipment under the private sector proposal initiative presented to him by the ministry.