President Bola Tinubu will soon order the release of food items from the National Food Reserves to boost food availability in the country.
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The Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota has received a $2.5 million grant from Cargill to support research into two novel oilseed crops — winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress — that can produce seed-based oil for low-carbon transportation fuels while also protecting soil, improving water quality, and providing new revenue streams for farmers.
Poultry farmers nationwide said their members lost more than N3 trillion investments from the prevailing economic hardships in 2023 the country.
The residents of Minna metropolis, the Niger state capital, on Monday, besieged the streets to protest the high cost of living in the country.
A new study by the Nature magazine has revealed that about 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked.
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN), FCT Chapter has expressed concern over the increase in prices of baking materials in the country.
An NGO, Coldhubs in collaboration with Heifer International, has erected a 100-tonne cold room facility in Farin-Gada market to boost agribusiness for producers and marketers of agricultural products in Plateau.
The Enugu State Graduate Farmers (ESGF), has lamented the destruction of its 35,000 hectares of rice farmlands by herdsmen in the state.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Production Services and Rural Development, Senator Saliu Mustapha, gave the assurance at a technical session on the draft agricultural extension service delivery revitalization bill organized by Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN-ICON2) Project in Abuja, on Wednesday.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has announced plans to resume rice production at its 180-ton-per-day rice mill in Rivers.