Some Lagos State residents and traders have lamented the scarcity and increasing cost of plantain in the state, describing it as the new gold in the country.
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The Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of Livestock Development, Prof. Eustace Iyayi has revealed that Nigeria requires 1.7 million metric tonnes of milk annually but currently produces only about 600,000 to 700,000 metric tonnes.
The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA), with funding from the European Union (EU) through Agence Française de Développement (AFD)…
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have urged the three tiers of government to invest in community-level storage and processing infrastructure.
The European Union has unveiled the EU–Nigeria Agribusiness Platform (EUNAP) as part of its broader support for the Nigerian Government’s…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has formalized its partnership with the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) by signing a…
The Federal Government has trained small-scale women farmers and people with special needs on sack farming and home gardening as part of efforts to enhance food security in the country.
The Federal Government says it has secured a loan facility of 134 million dollars from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help farmers boost seeds and grain production in the country.
Urgent and coordinated climate action is essential to mitigate the growing impact of climate change on agriculture and to protect vulnerable smallholder farmers, particularly women and youth-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), according to Dr. Kayode Sanni of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF).
The World Bank has criticised African countries for preferring to import food from distant markets rather than buy from neighbours, advising that investing in better logistics will reverse the food insecurity trend.