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Food security: FG targets 750,000 hectres of land for maize, rice

The Federal Government says it is targeting 750,000 hectres of land for maize, wheat, rice and cassava through the National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro-pocket...

FG launches Agric empowerment project for IDPs in Plateau

The Federal Government has inaugurated the second phase of its Renewed Hope Agric Empowerment Project (REHAEP) for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Plateau to...

Bago commends Niger Foods Ltd for preparing 500,000 acres of land for cultivation

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has disclosed that over 500,000 hectares of land has been prepared and ready for cultivation across Niger South...

Nigeria has 40.2m agriculture households – NBS

Nigeria has about 40.2 million agricultural households, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)  has said. This was made known an the unveiling of the National...

Food Crisis: Expert urges FG to prioritize agric sector

Prof. Raphael Okigbo, lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has called on President Bola Tinubu led administration to pay more attention to the...

Boost food security, stakeholders urge FG

Some stakeholders in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have urged the Federal Government to improve food security nationwide. They also appealed...

Food security: Jigawa rice production hits 800,000 tonnes, says  Namadi

Gov.  Umar Namadi of Jigawa says this year’s dry season rice production has hit 800,000 tonnes. Namadi made this known shortly after inspection of rice...

Tinubu inaugurates agricultural machinery in Niger

President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Niger State, emphasizing that his administration remains committed to...

VSF distributes dry season farming inputs to 3,000 farmers in Borno 

 The Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Monday commenced the distribution of dry season farming inputs to farmers resettled in their ancestral home in Borno. The...

FG distributes farm inputs to 243 Yobe farmers

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has distributed farm inputs to 243 farmers in Yobe under the National Poverty Reduction with...

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