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.
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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.
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Special adviser to the Ogun State governor on media and strategy, Kayode Akinmade has said the desperate desire to absorb investment spill over from Lagos state necessitated his principal’s huge investment in the upgrade of infrastructure in the state.
African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah has reminded Africans on the need to see their foods as source of…
The federal ministry of agriculture and food security has inaugurated a 52-unit housing estate phase one for its staff in Abuja.