The Director, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Gombe State University, Dr Bala Modi has urged stakeholders in agriculture to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost food security in the country.
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The federal and state governments have been urged to partner with private manufacturing companies to produce tractors and simple labour-saving devices using prototypes from the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM).
A Professor of Animal Science at the Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), Prof. Maikano Ari has advocated for the adoption and use of Single Cell-Proteins (SCP) for sustainable and efficient feed production in Nigeria.
The Federal Government has trained 27 Civil Servants of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security on entrepreneurship skills development on Agro- Allied enterprises.
The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi, says the union is willing to partner Nasarawa State Government in the development of climate smart agriculture, clean energy and innovation.
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation has distributed 6,000 Noiler birds to 300 women farmers to enhance livelihood and encourage poultry production in Bauchi State.
The Nigerian Senate has urged the executive to ensure allocation of at least 10 percent of total annual budget revenue to agricultural production.
The projects are expected to reach at least an extra 60,000 farmers and create up to 2,800 jobs among low-income communities in Nigeria.
The ECOWAS Commission said more than 4.8 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are facing food insecurity resulting from the spate of terrorist attacks and military takeover of their governments.
An agriculture expert, Dr Ismail Olawale, has called for increased budgetary allocation to the agriculture sector as the 2024 Appropriation Bill is before the House of Assembly.