The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Agbaduhas called on stakeholders and development partners to invest massively in agriculture to transform Nigeria into a virile country for food security and value chain addition.
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Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced the commitment of his administration to exploiting the agricultural potential of the shores of Lake Chad and boosting agriculture in the state.
The market price of rice has reportedly increased by about 37%, making the product a scarce commodity as demand maintains a steady increase.
A chieftain of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Hon. Agnes Oziwere-Ojeba, has urged the state’s governor-elect, Ahmed Usman Ododo, to live up to his campaign promises by lifting the economic status of the state through viable projects.
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.
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.
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.