Federal Government has said it will launch a N1.6 billion package for farmers in Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau and Federal Capital Territory, whose farms were damaged by fungal ginger disease in 2023. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, who spoke at the inauguration of the ginger blight epidemic committee task force in Abuja yesterday said, preliminary estimates suggest affected …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Niger State, emphasising that his administration remains committed to ensuring food sufficiency and protecting local industries for sustainable economic growth. The project, an initiative of the Niger State government, is for the deployment of cutting-edge agricultural machinery and technology for large-scale agro-value chain development in …

Origin Tech Group, a knowledge-based and practical solution-driven leader in the agriculture food systems and operations in Nigeria, has entered into an agreement with the Niger State government in furtherance of both partners’ commitment to revolutionalise the agricultural and livestock value-chain space in the West African sub-region and beyond. The partnership agreement was signed at an event at the Oregun …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris has called on foreign investors to emulate the long-term commitment of GB Foods towards investing in Nigeria. At the commissioning ceremony of a tomato processing factory and farm expansion project by the Spanish multinational group, on Friday, at Gafara, Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State, the Minister, who embarked …

The bid by the Bola Tinubu administration to ensure food security through transformation of agricultural productivity in the country has received a major boost with a consortium of mid-sized agriculture companies pledging to support millions of farmers across different value chains in the country. During the group’s courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa on Friday, Vice President Kashim Shettima commended …

About $30 million has been injected into the rural economies of six states of Abia, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta and Ondo in order to boost agricultural productivity and value addition across seven commodities value chains. National Project Coordinator of Livelihood Improvement Family Entreprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Engr. Sanni Fatai Abiodun disclosed this during the launch of the LIFE-ND Agribusiness …

The Director of Aquatic Food Biosciences at WorldFish, Dr Rodrigue Nouaga, has advised the government to ensure more sustainable local fish farming, which he said would contribute to food security and economic development. According to a statement on Friday, Nouaga also stressed the need for collaboration between the Nigerian government and a global aquaculture organisation such as WorldFish, to fast-track …

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has inaugurated the maiden Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Women Agricultural Support Group programme for the Southeast to boost food production. Senator Tinubu, who performed the take-off of the programme in Owerri, the Imo State capital, said the gesture was in fulfilment of President Bola Tinubu administration’s commitment to promote women farmers across the country. …

Amidst the challenges of food security, the Kogi East Critical Stakeholders (KECS) has said herders have taken over the administration of fishing and agrarian communities and were levying taxes on the people of Kogi State while sacking them from their farmlands and fishing grounds. The group while briefing journalists in Abuja yesterday said the herders were equally expanding their control …

WACOT Rice Limited, a member of the Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has concluded the Argungu Outgrower Expansion Programme (AOEP), a collaborative initiative with the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub, which is aimed at enhancing rice production in Nigeria. The outgrower expansion programme, initiated in 2020, was designed to leverage the company’s existing programme to improve the livelihoods …