Food Security
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NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT’S MEGA RICE MILL TO BE COMMISSIONED IN 2019
As part of effort towards attaining sustainability in rice production in Nigeria, the Government of Lagos State, recently revealed that…
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OLAM TO INTRODUCE SEA FISH SPECI
The Federal Government has welcomed the plan by Olam International to introduce Barramundi cultured fish (Sea Bass) to Nigeria. Sea…
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FARMING RESUMES IN TROUBLED KATSINA COMMUNITIES AS SECURITY IMPROVES
Normalcy is gradually returning to troubled Katsina villages neighbouring Kaduna and Zamfara states. This follows the security measures taken against…
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REBUILDING NORTH-EAST: 3,000 DISPLACED FARMERS GET FARM INPUTS
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the American…
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NASC AND THE WAY FORWARD ON GOOD SEEDLING FOR FOOD SECURITY
The Director General, NASC, Dr. Phillip Ojo, in work of the workshop on seeds stated that “it is in a…
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HOW NIGERIA’S LOW INVESTMENT ON SEEDS UNDERMINES FOOD SECURITY
One of the major issues that worry stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector is the lack of vibrant seed industry, which…
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AFDB, NIRSAL, IITA MOVE TO REDUCE FOOD PRICES, INCREASE PRODUCTION
THE African Development Bank (AfDB), the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and IITA have started a technology…
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FAO, STAKEHOLDERS COMMENCE LIVESTOCK POLICY FORMULATION AHEAD 2050
With the growing insecurity due to farmers-herdsmen crisis and indications that the demand for beef, among other livestock product may…
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1.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN BORNO MAY FACE FOOD CRISIS – FAO
THE food and Agriculture Organisation FAO of the United Nations, in its food nutrition insecurity situation analysis report has indicated…
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NIGERIAN FARMERS TO ACCESS NEXTGEN CASSAVA PROJECT NEXT YEAR
Scientists and officials from Cornell University and the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture officially inaugurated the second phase of a project…
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