Food Security

NSPRI INTRODUCES HERMETIC STEEL SILOS FOR FOOD STORAGE

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine November 17, 2020 57 0

Hermetic metal silos help farmers save 25 per cent grain losses without use of chemicals In a bid to reduce postharvest losses and improve the quality of food across the country, the Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has commenced the use of hermetic steel drums for the storage Continue Reading

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PRICES OF MAJOR FOODSTUFFS IN SOUTH-WEST MARKETS INCREASE BY 100 PERCENT

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine November 17, 2020 19 0

Prices of some major foodstuffs have gone up by 100 per cent in South – West markets, with stakeholders expressing concern over the relentless increment, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria has shown. Stakeholders in the zone have also called on government to urgently address the situation before things get out of hand. […]Continue Reading

Food Security

FAO LAUNCHES FOOD COALITION TO LIFT FOOD ACCESS, SUSTAINABLE AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine November 11, 2020 25 0

The need for concerted action to prevent the COVID-19 international health emergency from triggering a catastrophic world food crisis received a welcome new tool today as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations formally launched the Food Coalition. A “network of networks”, the Food Coalition is a voluntary multi-stakeholder and Continue Reading

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FOOD INFLATION IN NIGERIA HITS 16% IN AUGUST

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine September 22, 2020 31 0

Food inflation in Nigeria rose in August to 16.0 per cent, compared with 15.48 per cent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a report on Tuesday. Headline inflation, which includes the prices of food and other goods and services, grew to 13.22 per cent in the same month from 12.82 per cent […]Continue Reading

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WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME SUPPLYING FRESH VEGGIES TO KENYAN SCHOOLS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine August 26, 2020 112 0

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 University/Flickr) These vegetables are typically dumped as they […]Continue Reading

Food Security

ECOWAS MOVES TO RESCUE 7M NIGERIANS FROM FOOD CRISIS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine August 26, 2020 76 0

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 commission has set up harmonised framework on Identifying Risk Areas and estimated […]Continue Reading

Food Security

‘NIGERIA, 26 OTHERS HEAD FOR FOOD CRISES’

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine July 27, 2020 80 0

A new analysis by the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) have identified Nigeria and 26 other countries across the globe as front liners of an impending food crisis, driven by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The joint analysis warned that the “hotspot countries” are at high risk and […]Continue Reading

Food Security

‘FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HASN’T RELEASED SILOS TO OPERATORS ONE YEAR AFTER PAYMENT’

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine April 13, 2020 206 0

Indications have emerged that the Federal Government has not released the 20 strategic national grain reserves that were leased to private sector operators over one year after they paid for the lease. It will be recalled that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the lease of 20 of the 33 silos at the cost of […]Continue Reading

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KADUNA, AGRA REVIEW AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT POLICY TO BOOST FOOD SECURITY

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine March 20, 2020 175 0

Kaduna State Government says it is reviewing its Agriculture Development Policy to scale up stakeholders’ participation in production, processing and marketing of products to enhance food security. Mrs Halima Lawal, Commissioner for Agriculture stated this at a one-day stakeholders meeting to review the State Agricultural Development Policy through collaboration with Continue Reading

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‘WHY FOOD SHOULD BECOME HUMAN RIGHT IN NIGERIA’S CONSTITUTION’

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine March 13, 2020 256 0

Prof. Gbolagade Babalola Ayoola is a Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy, founder/president of Farm and Infrastructures Foundation and promoter of the Right to Food Bill at the National Assembly. Senator Adamu Abdullahi sponsors the bill in the National Assembly and believes it has the potentiality, if signed into law, to infuse seriousness into agricultural Continue Reading