Food
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Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
Lalthan Muhumed, a business woman in Wajir, Kenya, with her market produce ready for sale. Photo: Tintseh/World Bank SYNOPSIS In the Sahel and Horn ... -
Zambians encouraged to venture into agriculture
LUSAKA: Maxwell Zulu, a 60-year-old resident of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, is a happy man after successfully planting his maize and groundnuts at his farm in ... -
Prioritizing Nutritional Quality in Climate-Smart Agriculture
A significant study found that instead of cultivating maize, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa should diversify their crop production by choosing crops that are more ... -
Niger government plot N1 trillion annual income from agriculture yields
…okays employment of 100,000 farmers The Niger State Government expects to warm at least N1 trillion annually yields from the agricultural sector of the ... -
Nigerian Delegation To Explore Agriculture Opportunities In France
A high-level delegation comprising heads of technical colleges of agriculture from Nigeria is set to embark on a pivotal mission to France next week. ... -
MasterCard, MiDA to invest $6.1m in rice value chain
The MasterCard Foundation and the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) have forged a strategic alliance, sealing a transformative $6.1 million deal. This significant collaboration aims ... -
Kogi commissioner advocates mechanized farming to boost food security
Kogi State commissioner for agriculture, Timothy Ojomah has reiterated the need to adopt mechanized agriculture to boost food security. He stated this when his ... -
FG activates dry season farming to boost food security
Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. (Dr.) Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (left); Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar ... -
Construction begins on agri-food training centre, with funding by African Development Bankk,
Pascal Yembiline (far right), the Bank Group’s Country Manager for Burundi, and Hendrina Chalwe Doroba (far left), the African Development Bank’s Education and Skills ... -
Nigeria Laments Uncultivated 50 Million Hectares Of Arable Land
Nigeria’s federal government has lamented that about 50 million out of the 80 million hectares of arable land in the country remain uncultivated. It ...
