Nigeria may soon become exporter of rice – CBN

Rice farmers

Nigeria may soon become a net exporter of rice, Isaac Okoroafor, the Acting Director of Corporate Communications at the Central Bank of Nigeria, has said.

Tanzania: Taste for Mushrooms Helps Tanzanian Farmers Protect Forest

Mushrooms

Magdalena Gwasuma ducks carefully into a small, dark cage at the back of her house, where rows of fresh oyster mushrooms sit on wooden shelves.

Kogi to partner farmers for food sufficiency

Gov. Yahaya Bello

Kogi Government reiterated its commitment to partnering farmers across the state to achieve food sufficiency.

Elect FACAN President blames agric underdevelopment on squandering

The new FACAN executives

The newly re-elected President, Federation of Agricultural Commodities Association Nigeria (FACAN) Dr. Victor Iyama has indicted the past governments of not being able to utilize surplus of the crude oil during boom to develop agriculture saying the impact of the negligence was already taking tolls on the economy through food import.

Snail farming can thrive in Nigeria – Expert

Snail

Snail farmers in Nigeria have been advised to switch from their old ways and rear other species that are high in demand outside the country.

Tanzania: Farming – Plenty of Jobs, No Takers

Maize Farm

A longstanding outcry among peasants over numeral challenges facing agriculture has apparently contributed to reluctance among youth to grab abundant opportunities the sector has in store for them.

Africa shows commitment to food security

AgRi stuFF ... Africa's es- tablishment of the Ecosystem- Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (Ebafosa) and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (Caadp) points to a strong commitment by the con- tinent to achieve food security.

SIX African countries have established national branches of the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (Ebafosa).

Food prices soar as inflation hits 11-year high

Food prices soar

In the past six months, the prices of essential food items have risen significantly in consonance with the rising level of inflation in the country, which hit an 11-year high of 16.5 per cent last month.

NIgerians are hungry – FG

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Government on Wednesday admitted that it is aware of “serious shortage of foods”  in many families in the country.

GROWING FOOD IN THIN AIR

GROWING FOOD IN THIN AIR

African farmers constantly have to compete against climate change, adverse weather conditions, drought, affected soil and high costs, to name a few. A young Nigerian man, Samson Ogbole, hopes to make farmers’ lives a bit easier.