The Federal Government has taken steps to incorporate Agricultural Insurance into its National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP) programme, to mitigate agricultural risks and ensure food security.
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The Federal Government has inaugurated the Technical Working Committee aimed at enhancing Nigeria’s healthcare sector through the integration of diaspora expertise.
The federal government has inaugurated the modular laboratory at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja
The Federal Government has established a joint Agriculture and Water Resources Action Committee to leverage the resources of both ministries in tackling the challenges of food security and inflation.
Farmers’ associations have praised the Federal Government’s recent deployment of 10,000 agro-rangers but are calling for an increase in their numbers to enhance the initiative’s effectiveness.
ASHENEWS reports that the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari says that the federal government will partner with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) and other stakeholders to revive the country’s cotton sub-sector in Nigeria.
The Federal Government has distributed starter packs and rice seeds worth N30 million to 150 farmers in Niger State, toward mitigating the effect of fuel subsidy removal.
The federal government has withdrawn the sale of subsidised 50 kilograms bags of rice for N40,000 to public servants.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr George Akume, on Wednesday inaugurated the New Bussa water works project which has been stalled for over 30 years.
Agriculture experts have provided reasons why the Federal Government’s food palliatives are ineffective in addressing Nigeria’s growing food prices.