To promote Nutrients Crops and Diet Crops in Kaduna state and Nigeria as a whole. Global Alliance for Improve Nutrition (GAIN), a Non-governmental organization, has trained trainers on improving nutrition and value nutrient enriched Staples in Kaduna state. The one-day training of trainers convened three participants from each of the 23 local government areas of the state. Speaking during the …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and country at large. Speaking during the onboarding Programme for the empowerment of the farmers at the NDDC Headquarters in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director (MD), Dr Samuel …

Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has commissioned 33 new tractors and disbursed N380 million ($250,000) cheques to community interest groups to undertake climate-smart agricultural activities under the Community Revolving Fund (CRF) scheme of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) scheme. The governor, who has already paid the state counterpart funds of N1 billion for the ACReSAL programme, reaffirmed …

The Federal Government, on Friday, announced the distribution of farm inputs to 1,000 farmers in Lagos and Nasarawa states to boost food production in the states It said the move was in line with ongoing efforts to ensure the availability of staple foods for Nigerians, adding that it would assist farmers across the country to maximise crop cultivation for improved …

Two farmers who were displaced from their ancestral homes in the Umogidi community in the Entekpa Council ward in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State have been reportedly killed by bandits. Two others were said to have been injured, and another was abducted by the bandits in a renewed attack. Locals who spoke on condition of anonymity said the …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed readiness to end the perennial farmers, herders crisis in the country. During the inauguration of the mechanised agricultural project in Minna, Niger State, the President vowed to draw up programmes that would end the crisis within two to three weeks. He, however, noted that state governors should provide lands that would help in facilitating …

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 …

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would commence the Pulaku Initiative, a large-scale resettlement programme to address the root causes of incessant clashes between farmers and herders in various flashpoints nationwide. Pulaku also called the “Fulani code of conduct”, is an integral cultural and ethical value system specific to the Fulani. The farmer-herder crisis, more pronounced in the North-Central, …

The Federal Government, on Saturday, announced the inauguration of 120 housing units and an empowerment centre for farmers in Borno State. It announced this through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority  (NALDA), stating that the move was part of efforts to reduce poverty and boost food production in Nigeria. It said the facilities, located in Dustman Village, Zawiya, Borno State, …

At least 5, 200 female livestock farmers in Taraba State would be empowered through a World Bank-assisted project, Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support, to increase productivity and encourage commercialisation across the livestock value chain. Also, the Federal Government, under the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, on Wednesday, distributed farm inputs to 257 small-scale farmers in Akwa Ibom State, to …