Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday said the Federal Government was set to plant 2 million jumbo cashew seedlings in five Northwestern states.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 officially ended on Friday with calls by participants for scale up of the existing solutions to accelerate food systems transformation.
A Nigerian company, EGTA Investment Limited on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Ghanaian conglomerate, Jospong Group of Companies, to boost food production.
ASHENEWS reports that two visionary agripreneurs clinched top honours in the fifth annual GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition Finals held at the Africa Food Systems Forum Summit 2023.
ASHENEWS reports that the African leaders, who gathered in Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania for the Africa Food Systems Forum 2023, have declared that there will be no future for the continent’s food systems without the full participation of the youth, and women.
The Commonwealth of Learning(COL) in partnership with the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) and Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU), has trained over 100 vegetables farmers in Osun on digital agriculture.
ASHENEWS reports that the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has been honored with the prestigious Africa Food Prize for 2023, recognizing their exceptional leadership in the development of numerous bean varieties that improve farm productivity and profitability, and meet increasing consumer demand.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has launched a five-year National Strategy on Potato.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the Federal Government to increase routine vaccination to nip outbreaks in the bud.
ASHENEWS reports that AGRA on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, announced the winners of the 2023 Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA2023) at the Africa Food Systems Forum, AGRF2023 held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.