The National Programme Manager of the Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN), Dr. Aliyu Samaila, has said that Nigerian wheat farmers have cultivated a total of 114,000 hectares in 16 states.
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A few years ago, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) rated eighty-six countries as low-income and food-deficient nations, thus, considered to be food insecure (http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9290e/w9290e01.htm). Forty-three out of these food-deficient countries are located in the African continent, which has a total of 58 countries. The most affected among the forty-three countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where chronic hunger, squalor, and abject poverty are widespread. This is despite overall gains recorded in food production and food security over a decade on a global scale.
ASHENEWS reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disclosed that the country spends N2 billion for the importation of wheat annually.
ASHENEWS reports that the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has identified suitable planting windows for cowpea also known as beans for the different ecologies in the country.
Dr. Jean Baptiste, AATF Regional Representative for West Africa who made the disclosure during a visit to Pandagric Farms, near Keffi, Nasarawa state said the windows will enable farmers to cope with the vulnerabilities of climate change.
Sixty corps members were on Friday trained on modern farming methods at the College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Technology (CAFFTECH), Ijeda-Ojesa, Osun.
ASHENEWS reports that the World Bank Group (WBG), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the World Food Programme (WFP) have called for continued urgent action to address the global food security crisis.
Sequel to NiMet’s predictions of early commencement of rainfall this year, farmers in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states say they are weighing their options.
The Nigerian government has inaugurated the tractorisation programme to encourage mechanised farming, boost food and nutrition security and create more jobs for Nigerian youths.
ASHENEWS reports that the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) says arrangements to sustain the successes of Nigeria’s first genetically modified crop of the Pod Borer Resistant cowpea with a second gene, has been concluded.
ASHENEWS reports that the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof. Garba Sharubutu has joined the Board of Trustees of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) as the representative of the Federal Government of Nigeria.