Agriculture
Rice production hits 35m bags per annum -FG
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says, with over 34 integrated rice mills and clusters, Nigeria currently...
Read moreCBN to empower 11,250 wet season farmers in Adamawa
Nigeria’s Apex Bank, under its Anchor Borrowers Programme, says it is set to empower no fewer than 11,250 farmers for...
Read moreFG to inaugurate 200,000 capacity yam storage facility in Benue on June 9
The Federal Government will, on June 9, inaugurate the 200, 000 capacity yam storage facility for Micro, Small and Medium...
Read moreUNGA President advocates policies protecting bees
President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has called for agricultural policies that protect bees and...
Read moreTAAT address micro-nutrient deficiencies in Burundi through High Iron Beans Compact
Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) says its addressing the micro-nutrient deficiencies in Burundi through High Iron Beans Compact by scaling...
Read moreSenate moves to avert any form of emergency food crisis
he Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading, a Bill to establish the National Food Reserve Agency designed to avert...
Read moreRIMAN urges Gambari to use office to develop rice sector
The Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has called on Amb. Ibrahim Gambari, the new Chief of Staff (COS) to...
Read moreNew irrigation technologies for dry season farming will ensure all year-round rice sufficiency – TAAT
Prof. Henry Igbadun, Coordinator, Water Enabler Compact (WEC) of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme in Nigeria says...
Read moreFAO calls for measures to mitigate COVID-19 induced hunger
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), says it is imperative for nations to evolve measures to mitigate hunger associated with...
Read moreU.S.-based NGO, Nigerian food manufacturers partner to produce 20m sachets of iron fortified tomato paste
Fortify, a U.S.based NGO is to partner with Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and food manufacturers to produce 20 million sachets...
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