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The Federal Government has released two new chicken breeds and 14 new high-yield crop varieties towards increasing agricultural production and improving the nutritional status of Nigerians.
The sun beats down on the cracked asphalt, a relentless heat mirroring the gnawing emptiness in my stomach. My worn…
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it has started surveillance visits to cold rooms, and pharmaceutical stores across Kaduna state.
In the heart of West Africa, Nigeria stands as a nation rich in cultural diversity, natural resources, and potential. Yet,…
The Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Ltd, an NGO, has raised concern that Nigeria faces 40 per cent wastage of its annual agricultural produce.
The Federal Government says it is targeting 750,000 hectares of land for maize, wheat, rice and cassava through the National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro-pocket project to address current food inflation in the country.
The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N1,346 in September 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Pairwise, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched the Yam Optimized…
The price of a 50 kg bag of local rice surged year-on-year (YoY) by 152.9%, reaching N95,738 in September 2024,…