FG Set to Boost Sesame Seed Production – Nanono

FG Set to Boost Sesame Seed Production – Nanono

The Federal Government has launched a pilot scheme for the production of Sesame Seed in Jigawa, Yobe and Borno State. The initiative is aimed at engaging unemployed youths in the production of sesame seeds for…

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FG Confident in Tackling Inflation, Food Insecurity – Osinbajo

FG Confident in Tackling Inflation, Food Insecurity – Osinbajo

The Federal Government is well disposed to tackling the current inflation and other challenges of food security in the country. This was recently expressed virtually by the Vice-President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, during the preparatory…

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FMN’s innovation in food production drives up first-quarter revenue by 51%

FMN’s innovation in food production drives up first-quarter revenue by 51%

Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN), the country’s leading integrated and agro-allied group, saw a 51 percent jump in its revenue growth, driven mainly by innovation in its food segment in the first quarter of 2021. FMN…

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BATNF emerges ‘Best Sustainability in Agric’ at West Africa Innovation Awards

BATNF emerges ‘Best Sustainability in Agric’ at West Africa Innovation Awards

The British American Tobacco Nigerian Foundation (BATNF) has clinched the ‘Best Sustainability in Agriculture’ and ‘Best Sustainability in Youth and Economic Development awards for excellence in sustainability at the West Africa Innovation Award held recently in Lagos.…

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Nigeria Can Become World’s Largest Cocoa Producer – Nanono

Nigeria Can Become World’s Largest Cocoa Producer – Nanono

Nigeria has the capacity to overtake Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia to become the largest cocoa producer in the world, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammed Sabo Nanono has said. Nanono made this assertion…

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Food insecurity looms in Northern Nigeria — UN

Food insecurity looms in Northern Nigeria — UN

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Global Environment Facility (GEF) said the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had warned that people in northern Nigeria are at risk of acute food insecurity. The UN-FAO projected…

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‘Off-grid Tech Solutions cost effective, sustainable for farmers, SMEs’

‘Off-grid Tech Solutions cost effective, sustainable for farmers, SMEs’

Energy amassed from off-grid renewable resources will assist in raising farmers productivity as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and significantly reduce the exorbitant cost of electricity required for agricultural processing. This was disclosed…

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Railway System to Reduce Food Prices Significantly – Nanono

Railway System to Reduce Food Prices Significantly – Nanono

The prices of food in the country would be significantly reduced with efficient use of the railway system, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono has said. According to Nanono, the rise in…

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UN Partners Nigeria, Others on Climate Change Resilience

UN Partners Nigeria, Others on Climate Change Resilience

Nigeria has restated its commitment to protecting the world’s forests and natural habitats from destruction, in view of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26). This initiative, centered on the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity…

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Shrinking market discourages cotton production by Nigerian farmers

Shrinking market discourages cotton production by Nigerian farmers

Nigeria’s cotton industry is fast sliding towards extinction on account of a shrinking local market and low seeds available to farmers, despite the incentives of an alluring $3 trillion global industry. More so, many of Nigeria’s…

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