Shea Integrated Global Foundation, an NGO, has called for stakeholders’ collaboration in the development of Shea tree value-chain in Nasarawa State.
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Some agriculture experts have called for the sensitization of local against agrochemicals misuse in the country to boost food security.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fadama Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (FCT CARES) Programme, said it has trained and disbursed grants to 4,233 benefiting farmers.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), said it has commenced arrangements with large-scale farm holdings in the region to boost food security and agro-allied products in the country.
From time immemorial, agriculture was Nigeria’s economic mainstay, however, overtime, agriculture has been relegated to the background for obvious reasons, it’s on record that Nigeria’s endowment with vast natural resources of arable land from the stretch of savanna grassland, the dense swamp and rainforest, the untapped and unhannessed abundant quantities of solid minerals almost all over the country have either been misused or put to abandonment over the years.
The Federal Government has pledged to continue to support the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) and other public and private entities to ensure proper management of soil and water to achieve food security.
The Plateau Government has commenced the distribution of 120,000 bags of assorted fertilizer to farmers to boost dry season farming in the state.
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, says about 50 million out of the 80 million hectares of arable land in the country remain uncultivated.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has reached an agreement with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) on agricultural development.
In 2022 Heman Gabriel Zakaria a final year Agricultural student at Babcock University, having passion for finding solutions to problems around agriculture and food security, this passion was directed toward addressing the issue of food insecurity, and led to the initiation of a research on boosting agricultural productivity and mitigating post-harvest losses experienced by farmers in Nigeria and Africa as a continent which happens to be the major occupation practised in the continent.