The Nigeria Union of Agricultural and Allied Employees (NUAAE) has called on governors of the 36 states of the federation to invest more in agricultural sector in order to boost the nation’s economy. The group noted that the humogous security votes of the governors should be used to improve the Continue Reading
Month: August 2020
When it comes to policies and programmes that can potentially impact a vast majority of people’s livelihood and the economy of any nation, data, not sentiments, should drive the conversation and influence decision making. The recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decision to restrict Forex for Continue Reading
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Osun State chapter has appealed to the federal government to lift ban on the importation of maize, with a view to saving livestock industry from total collapse. The contended that the development became imperative considering the hardship poultry Continue Reading
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has piloted a project in three schools in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, providing 11,000 pounds or 5.5 tonnes of green beans, peas and broccoli The project has helped to provide lunch 2,200 children over 75 school days. (Image source: The Open Continue Reading
As the end of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs gradually approaches, nutritionists, and other stakeholders in the fight against malnutrition have urged government at all levels to bridge the gap between policy statements and implementation of the blueprint on nutrition. Continue Reading
Abia State chapter of Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise for Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), yesterday, signed a memorandum of understanding with 25 business owners called Incubators or Agro Entrepreneurs for the training of potential persons. The Life-ND is a Federal Government Continue Reading
Oyo State government has said construction work on the Akufo and Eruwa Farm Estates will begin in September. Dr Debo Akande, Executive Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Agribusiness and Director-General of Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency, who disclosed this to Continue Reading
Determined to alleviate poverty among member states, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission has donated 3,999 tonnes of grains to the Federal Government with commitment to salvage over 7 million people currently facing food crisis in the country. Already, the Continue Reading
To feed the growing population in Nigeria, many are advocating a change to the age-long way of cultivating and growing our food as we can’t continue to rely on the use of cutlass and hoe, but embrace science and technology. No nation has been able to develop without integrating science and Continue Reading
As the global pandemic, coronavirus also known as COVID-19 keep spreading, it has really caused great havoc and adverse impact on cocoa farmers in the rural areas; as they have no or limited access to farm inputs, cocoa seedlings and agrochemical to maintain their farms as the main crop season Continue Reading