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Agriculture: IFAD launches COSOP S-East zonal consultation

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has launched a South-East regional consultation to promote agriculture and food systems transformation at the states and...

Expert cautions farmers on use of pesticides

The Director, Heinrich Boll Foundation Nigeria, Mr Jochen Luckscheiter, has urged farmers to exercise caution when administering pesticides to crops for healthy living and...

Addressing poverty and food insecurity in Adamawa, Kebbi through Oxfam

A News Analysis by Angela Atabo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Globally, poverty and food insecurity remain a huge challenge. Poverty, they say, nurtures hunger,...

Nigeria records success in genetic improvement of livestock for milk – NABDA

Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, the Director General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), said Nigeria recorded success through the genetic improvement of livestock for milk...

German foundation commits €5m to agriculture intervention in Nigeria

The AFOS Foundation, a Germany-based autonomous and charitable organisation, says it is investing about 5.5 million euros as Intervention in Nigeria’s agriculture sector. The Chief...

AfricaFertilizer holds data validation workshop for Nigerians

AfricaFertilizer.Org (AFO) has organised a fertiliser technical working group workshop for stakeholders in the fertiliser sector to discuss and validate Nigeria’s 2022 fertiliser statistics. The...

African yam bean: Towards developing adaptive crop varieties

To ensure food security globally, CGIAR-IITA, through its African yam bean project at Genetic Resource Center (GRC), has carried out a participatory landrace selection...

World Bank, FG appoint National Coordinator for $700m Agro-climatic project

Mr AbdulHamid Umar has been appointed as National Project Coordinator of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL), Project  in Nigeria. A statement on Friday...

Buhari inaugurates Agricultural Machinery Dev’t Institute to enhance food security

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI), Lafia, to enhance food security and create jobs for the youths...

FG trains 30 sugarcane farmers in seed cane production

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development began a two-day training for 30 smallholder sugarcane farmers in Ilorin on Tuesday. Declaring the programme open,...

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