Akwa Ibom, RTSL, Orixine To Strengthen Framework for Animal Health Bill
By Julian Osamoto Akwa Ibom State has began a review of its Draft Animal Health Bill as stakeholders warn that outdated laws, weak disease surveillance systems are increasing the State’s vulnerability to zoonotic outbreaks and food safety threats. The four days review meeting, which commenced on Tuesday December 2nd in Uyo, brings together officials from […]
Industrial Agribusiness Expansion Threatens Communities, CSOs Warn
By Oluwakemi Kindness A coalition of civil society organisations has raised fresh concerns over the expansion of large-scale industrial agribusiness operations in Nigeria, warning that multinational farming models could deepen land dispossession, environmental degradation and the displacement of rural communities if not properly regulated. The coalition, which includes Environmental Rights Action/FoEN, Health of Mother Earth […]
Over 300 Bauchi Youths Receive Agribusiness Skill Empowerment
By Chinedu Echianu In a boost to youth empowerment and food security, over 350 young men and women from Bauchi State have graduated from the 2025 Innovative and Integrated Agricultural Value Chains Agribusiness Training held at CSS Global Integrated Farms, Gora, in Nasarawa State. The intensive two-week training, organized in collaboration with the Bauchi State […]
Empower Small-holder Farmers to End Hunger, Expert Urges FG
By Oluwakemi Kindness Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), Michael Terungwa has urged the Federal Government to prioritize empowering small holder farmers as the most sustainable path to ending food insecurity in Nigeria. Speaking on Democracy Radio 104.9 FM, Business show, Money Matters, in Abuja, Terungwa said Nigeria […]
WFD 2025: Nigeria Advocate Stronger Support for Farmers, Youth
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul As Nigeria joins the global community to mark World Food Day 2025, government leaders and agricultural stakeholders have renewed calls for greater investment in food production. They also called for youth participation in agriculture, and practical action to address climate and infrastructure challenges threatening food security. Held at Pasali UBE Primary School, […]
Gov. Namadi Launches 200-Hectare Date Palm Project to Boost Jobs, Economy
By: Aremu Toyeebaht The Jigawa State Government has launched a large-scale date palm cultivation scheme, training 400 young people to become farmers in a move aimed at boosting food security, tackling desertification, and creating sustainable jobs. Governor Umar Namadi, speaking at the graduation ceremony held Monday at the Yakubu Gowon NYSC Orientation Camp, Dutse, described […]
ARCN Boss Commends Institutes’ Contributions to Research and Education
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Abubakar Adamu-Dabban, has begun oversight visits to colleges and research institutes under the council. He started with the National Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) and the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology in Lagos. Staff Collaboration and Performance […]
Tinubu Orders Crash of food prices
By Anayo Akwitti President Bola Tinubu has given marching orders to a committee within the federal executive council on further crash of food prices in the country said the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi Senator Abdullahi who made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during his presentation at […]
FG, ActionAid Push for Gender-Inclusive Agriculture Policy in North Central
By: Aremu Toyeebaht The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria, has launched consultations in the North Central zone to review the National Gender Policy in Agriculture and its Strategic Plan of Action (2025–2030). The forum, held Tuesday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, brought together representatives from government agencies, civil society […]
NSIA Hands Over 90 Revitalised Fertiliser Blending Plants to MOFI
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has formally handed over 90 fully operational fertiliser blending plants to the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) This marks the successful transition of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) after nearly a decade of unprecedented growth in Nigeria’s agricultural input sector. When the Federal Government launched the […]