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Tinubu Reaffirms Nigeria’s Commitment to Climate-Smart Agriculture and Sustainability

EDITORJanuary 15, 2025January 15, 2025

by EDITORJanuary 15, 2025January 15, 20250176

By DAYO ADESULU President Bola Tinubu has reiterated Nigeria’s dedication to implementing climate-smart agricultural practices as part of a broader strategy to enhance food security,...

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Tomato Farmers Seek Federal Government’s Intervention to Combat Post-Harvest Losses

EDITORJanuary 7, 2025

by EDITORJanuary 7, 20250153

NATPAN Advocates for Equipment, Improved Transport, and Processing Facilities to Boost Sector Growth By DAYO ADESULU The National Tomato Growers, Processors, and Marketers Association of...

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Nigeria Aims for Agricultural Self-Sufficiency to Reduce Food Imports

EDITORSeptember 27, 2024September 27, 2024

by EDITORSeptember 27, 2024September 27, 20240299

By DAYO ADESULU ABUJA, Nigeria– In a significant move to bolster its economy, Nigeria is set to drastically reduce its reliance on food imports, as...

Agriculture

FG Vows To Make Nigeria Africa’s Largest Wheat Producer, Exporter

EDITORAugust 31, 2022August 31, 2022

by EDITORAugust 31, 2022August 31, 20220695

As Nigeria and other African countries suffer wheat shortage, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Tuesday, vowed to ensure Nigeria ranks...

Agriculture

African Civil Society Organizations Highlight Key Agrifood Systems Issues

EDITORMarch 30, 2022

by EDITORMarch 30, 202201281

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and other shocks hit the food security status and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations the hardest – that was...

Agriculture

Observations of an Expat: Food

EDITORMarch 26, 2022March 26, 2022

by EDITORMarch 26, 2022March 26, 202201483

By Tom Arms Worried about energy prices? Well, you should start worrying more about the empty bread bin. Twenty-nine percent of the world’s grain comes...

Agriculture

With Political Will, Hardwork, Agriculture Can Solve Internally Generated Revenue Problems, Says Osinbajo

EDITORMarch 18, 2022

by EDITORMarch 18, 20220789

BY DAYO ADESULU Amid tight fiscal revenue generation, especially in the States of the Federation, agriculture can be a significant contributor to government coffers, boosting...

Agriculture

Recipes for Success: A Policy Guide to African Food Systems Transformation

EDITORFebruary 4, 2022

by EDITORFebruary 4, 202201125

By Layih Butake Africa’s trajectory to emergence and self-sufficiency has seen significant progress in achieving global and continental milestones such as the Sustainable Development Goals...

Agriculture

Bringing Degraded African Land Back To Life

EDITORJanuary 20, 2022

by EDITORJanuary 20, 20220824

Farming in the Sahel region of Africa isn’t easy. It’s an area that suffers from degraded soils, erratic rainfall and is often subject to long...

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Agricultural Project Training 2020 For Young Nigerians Opportunity Opens

EDITORDecember 6, 2020December 6, 2020

by EDITORDecember 6, 2020December 6, 202001054

Young Africa Works-IITA project …an innovative approach to agribusiness training and start-ups for Nigeria’s young people In May this year, the International Institute for Tropical...