“The global food crisis has been partially made worse by the growing number of food and fertilizer trade restrictions put in place by countries with a goal of increasing domestic supply and reducing prices.
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The new plans aim to boost agricultural productivity and strengthen the economy by creating opportunities in the real sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and construction and to provide urgent economic relief for Nigerians.
BAT is the only President to have made such a declaration on food security, the most critical security for human survival. I can imagine BAT’s feelings when he declared a state of emergency on food security as a quick fix to address the monster of hunger and squalor. He was virtualizing every hand to be on deck to make agrarian Nigeria achieve food security in a matter of months with excess for exports.
Some agriculture experts have urged the Federal Government to provide hybrid seedlings to farmers as interventions in order to ensure food security.
A lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia, has called for the adoption of green technologies in food processing and preservation to achieve sustainable food security in the country.
Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), Abuja, has sought stakeholders’ support for government policies in research and innovation to ensure a favourable regulatory environment for the food industry.
Former President Obasanjo to Govs: Focus more on food security has advised state Governors to focus more on food security…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to transform the dairy value chain of the livestock sector for sustainable food security.
Stakeholders in the engineering sector, have called on the Federal Government to leverage the Inter-Basin Water Transfer (IBWT) technology to boost food security in Nigeria.
The Umar Namadi administration in Jigawa state, says it has invested over N5 billion in farmer support services to encourage productivity and enhance food security.