In Sokoto State, rising meat costs at abattoirs are forcing butchers to adapt and customers to cut back. As sellers turn to suya to manage stock, residents struggle with increased expenses, highlighting broader economic and health issues in Nigeria.
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The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN), says Nigeria spends 600 million dollars on palm oil importation annually.
She said, “It is a seed investment in your agricultural businesses that is backed by the prayers of the founder for you to succeed. So, I urge you to make the best use of it”.
BAT is the only President to have made such a declaration on food security, the most critical security for human survival. I can imagine BAT’s feelings when he declared a state of emergency on food security as a quick fix to address the monster of hunger and squalor. He was virtualizing every hand to be on deck to make agrarian Nigeria achieve food security in a matter of months with excess for exports.
“Foreign investors will pay peanuts to our people as plantation attendants while they declare billions as profit every year and our people will be struggling to feed.
At the BOSON conference, experts emphasized the transformative role of AI and advanced tools in plant research to boost sustainability and economic growth in Nigeria’s agricultural sector.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Niger State Agricultural and Mechanisation Development Authority (NAMDA) to support small and medium-holder farmers with farm equipment and inputs.
HarvestPlus Nigeria, an initiative, has supported the Kaduna State Government (KDSG) in reviewing its policy on food and nutrition.
”Agroecology helps us in terms of livelihood diversification, so farmers can have different crops, plant different crops in a small piece of land, while the land continues to sustain itself.
Some agriculture experts have urged the Federal Government to provide hybrid seedlings to farmers as interventions in order to ensure food security.