The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it has started surveillance visits to cold rooms, and pharmaceutical stores across Kaduna state.
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In the heart of West Africa, Nigeria stands as a nation rich in cultural diversity, natural resources, and potential. Yet,…
The Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Ltd, an NGO, has raised concern that Nigeria faces 40 per cent wastage of its annual agricultural produce.
The Federal Government says it is targeting 750,000 hectares of land for maize, wheat, rice and cassava through the National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro-pocket project to address current food inflation in the country.
The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N1,346 in September 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Pairwise, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched the Yam Optimized…
The price of a 50 kg bag of local rice surged year-on-year (YoY) by 152.9%, reaching N95,738 in September 2024,…
A Gombe-based agronomist, Dr Joseph Kaltungo has advised farmers to shun application of harmful pesticides in preserving grain.
The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has introduced the Livestock Data and Market Information System (LMIS) to provide real-time information for transforming Nigeria’s livestock sector.
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, triggering a disruption of the global wheat supply and exacerbating the continent’s wheat deficit crisis, Africa’s…