The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has identified climate-smart agricultural practices as the way forward to achieving food security and sufficiency in the country.
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Seven newly elected Nigerian governors visited African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, in Abidjan to strengthen cooperation and unlock the country’s vast agricultural potential
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has collaborated a Chinese company Lima Machinery Company on improved mechanized farming to empower women, improve agriculture and boost national revenue.
ASHENEWS reports that the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will provide a $2 million partial trade credit guarantee and a $219,000 grant funding to Nairobi-based Apollo Agriculture Limited to support the distribution of over 7,000 tonnes of fertilizers to some 100,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya.
The Lagos State Catfish and Allied Association of Nigeria (LASCAFAN) says the introduction of frozen catfish in the aquaculture value chain will reduce the price of frozen fish in the country.
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has collaborated with a Chinese company, Lima Machinery Company, on improved mechanized farming to empower women, improve agriculture, and boost national revenue.
Local production of 2,000 tractors a year will boost food production, the minister of agriculture and food security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, said in Abuja on Friday.
The vice-chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof. Simeon Bamire, has called on the federal government to promote food security, powered by science, innovation and technology.
The Enugu State agricultural development programme (ENADEP) has urged farmers in the state to engage in onion farming to boost its production in the state.
Head of emergency and resilience team food and agriculture organization (FAO) sub-regional office, West Africa and the Sahel, Mr. Koffy Kouacou, has lauded Nigeria’ efforts at mainstreaming agrifood into its national biodiversity strategy and action plans (NBSAPs).