United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday donated family planning commodities to the Ogun State Government.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, says the 200 metric tonnes per day capacity rice mill situated in Suleja, Niger, will soon be inaugurated.
Tomatoes are good source of chromium, pantothenic acid, protein, choline, Zinc, Iron, VitaminB6, VitaminB1, Magnesium, plus major antioxidants like lycopene.
The Kaduna State Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has commended the Federal Government for subsidizing inputs for dry season farming.
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has raised concern over the allocation of N1. 2 billion for the purchase of office building for the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) operation in the proposed 2024 national agricultural budget.
My last week’s piece closed with a poser: Are the two Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Senators Kyari and Abdullahi, capable of breaking the jinx of poverty and hunger associated with Nigerians? Answering this question requires an in-depth analysis of Tinubu’s policy and direction toward achieving food security for Nigeria. Petroleum subsidy withdrawal skyrocketed the fuel price by 217% that caused astronomical cost of living. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency on food security on July 14, 2023, to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal. As I wrote in this Column, the declaration of emergency is the best policy pronouncement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT).
A U. S.-based health influencer, Amanda Rocchio, has taken to her Instagram to share the ‘healthiest teas in the world’.
Some poultry farmers in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, on Monday in Abuja, decried the incessant rise in the cost of poultry feeds, while also groaning over low patronage in the sale of birds in the market.
The founder, Women Solidarity Initiative Development (WOSID), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Mrs Miriam Nshile has donated food items and pesticides to some groups of women farmers.
The Africa wide Agriculture extension week (AAEW2003), held on 27-28 in Abuja Nigeria, marked a significant milestone in the collective pursuit of the Action Plans for strengthening the partnership between CGIAR and the Africa’s Research, Innovation and Education coordinating Institutions (AARIEIs).