Nigeria is set to develop the implementation strategy for Food System Transformation Pathway in order to boost security and reduce unemployment among youths and women. The National Convenor of the UN Food Systems and Director of Social Development, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Sanjo Faniran said in Abuja that the strategy would address the questions of poverty, inadequate …

An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Ore, in Odigbo Local Council Area of the state, on Wednesday, stopped the state government and a private company, Sao Agro-Allied Services Limited, from forcefully evicting over 10,000 farmers from its Oluwa Forest Reserve. It also stopped the state government and the firm from grading the farmers’ cocoa farms. The farmers had protested …

The Senate has indicted the Bank of Agriculture in Kaduna over a N3.2 billion loan disbursed to 10 vendors to purchase tractors and other equipment for allocation to end users. The indictment was sequel to the 2016 report of the Auditor General of the Federation considered by the Senate Public Accounts Committee chaired by Senator Mathew Uhroghide. After an investigation …

Farmers in some communities in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on state government and security agencies in the state to come to their aid following incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen. The farmers alleged that the herdsmen again invaded the Power Line, Ago Oyinbo, and Ala Reserves communities on Friday and Saturday, destroying their farms …

A mushroom scientist, Prof. Sami Ayodele has urged the Federal Government to create an opportunity for farmers to embrace mushroom cultivation to serve as alternative means of farming and income u for the country. Ayodele made the call in Abuja on Thursday while delivering the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) 22nd inaugural lecture with the topic: “Mushrooms: Friends or …

Fire has destroyed no fewer than nine hectares of cocoa farms in Cross River State. The incident happened two days ago in Edor and Ogbagante Akparabong communities in Ikom LGA of the state. Ikom produces has the largest cocoa plantations in Cross River State Confirming the incident, one of the affected 19 cocoa farmers, Mr Richard Ndoma of Akparabong community …

The Lagos State Government has tasked critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s agro-food industry to team up and collaboratively work to address the challenges confronting the sector. At a three-day Nigeria AgroFood/PlastPrintPack Exhibition and Conference, organised by Fairtrade, a German trade show specialist, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya said that, to scale up the agro-food sector, stakeholders must work …

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is contributing Euro 2.85 million to the Standards and Trade Development Facility over a period of four years (2022-2025). The fund is to facilitate safe and inclusive agricultural trade in developing and least-developed countries aimed at helping them to meet international food safety, animal, and plant health standards. The World Trade Organisation …

Following the positive impact of the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project on farmers’ productivity in the state, Lagos State Government has appealed to the World Bank for an extension of the project. The request was made by the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed that APPEALS project has empowered about 8,000 farmers, especially women …

The Federal Government has approved new incentives for investors in the agricultural sector to improve high-level private sector participation in the nation’s food production and processing industry, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has said. The incentives include tax and duty-free holidays for a period of five years for agricultural production and processing in Nigeria; tax-free …