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.
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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).
Many African guests at the forum had expressed hope to strengthen cooperation with China in hybrid rice breeding, cultivation and processing.
Swiss-based foundation, global alliance for improved nutrition (GAIN) on Thursday awarded N4 million equity-free micro grants to two nutritious food vendors in Kaduna.
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev has called on state governments to invest more on irrigation farming in order to boost food security.
The scarcity of sorghum in major grain markets in Kano has been attributed to insecurity in most sorghum-producing states and poor access to improved seed varieties.
Indonesia last Friday flew its first commercial flight using palm oil-blended jet fuel, as the world’s biggest producer of the commodity pushes for wider use of biofuels to cut fuel imports.
The director of Africa Norwegian seafood council, Trond Kostweit said the delisting would boost the Nigerian stockfish sector.