The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said that climate change was a major contributor to food insecurity in the country.
Bagudu stated this on Thursday, October 13, 2023 while speaking at the Sahel Food System Change Makers Conference with the theme ‘Rethinking Food and Nutrition Security...
African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina says “Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis.”
He spoke about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on Friday.
Fielding questions from the Council’s Africa Center Chair, Ambassador Rama Yade; Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby;...
29 year old Abubakar Bamai Musa, a thriving farmer from Yobe State has been appointed as National Coordinator of the Nigeria Young Farmers Network (NYFN).
This was contained in a press statement signed by NYFN Publicity Secretrary, Usman Princess Soburat on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.
TheFact Nigeria gathered that NYFN is...
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has cautioned that the outbreak of COVID-19 shouldn't lead to food crisis in Africa.
President of AGRA, Dr Agnes Kalibata, who made this known yesterday in an article made available to journalists reiterated the need to make effort to ensure people have...
The Federal Government of Nigeria through its ministry of agriculture has started rolling out strategies to alleviate iminent hunger in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and insecurity.
Dr. Ernest A. Umakhihe, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, disclosed this while declaring open the 44th Regular Meeting of the National Council...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in its bid to moderate and control the prices of maize in the Nigerian market, has approved the release of 50,000 metric metric tonnes of maize to 12 major producers, from strategic maize reserve (SMR) under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP).
The release of...
The Federal Government has said that the Nigeria Agri-business and Agro -Industry Development Initiative (NAADI) would address enormous challenges faced by stakeholders in the agric-commodity value chain in the country.
A statement signed by Mrs. Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa, Assistant Director Press in the Ministry said the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and...
“The agriculture sector is among the most vulnerable. Agriculture is important not only for food security issues but also for inter-regional food integration,” African Development Bank Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research, Hanan Morsy, said during a news conference on the opening day of the African Economic Conference...
...Tasks Stakeholders On Food Security
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has denied claims in certain quarters that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain section of the country.
Mr. Emefiele made the clarification in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on...
The Nasarawa State government is collaborating with the Rice Farmers Association, with plans already concluded to attract investment to the tune of N10bn, to assist rice farmers in the state, under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) anchor borrowers scheme.
Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this while flagging-off...
