The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for the adoption of blended finance models to bridge the country’s estimated N3.4 trillion agricultural financing gap, as part of efforts to boost productivity, improve yields, and strengthen food security. Speaking at the Vanguard Economic Discourse held in Lagos, the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, emphasised that ...

The federal ministry of agriculture and food security (FMAFS) says it is set to begin the pilot phase of the farmer identity management system in Nasarawa state, using the national identification number (NIN) to verify and document farmers. Abubakar Kyari, minister of agriculture and food security, spoke on Thursday at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) digital ...

L-R: The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi; Economic Development Department, JICA director-general, Mr. Takao Shimokawa; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen Abubakar Kyari; and permanent secretary, FMAFS, Dr Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi, during the courtesy visit by JICA representatives to the ministry headquarters in Abuja. The ...

The Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Niger State Government, and NALDA have signed an MoU to involve 100,000 Nigerian youths in agriculture. The agreement, focused on food security and job creation, was signed at the Government House in Minna, Niger State. Present at the ceremony were Comrade Ayodele Olawande (Minister of Youth Development), Governor Mohammed ...

In a bid to position the agriculture sector as the backbone of economic growth and food security, the federal government has declared an urgent shift from subsistence farming to a fully industrialised agribusiness sector. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, reiterated the government’s commitment to transforming Nigeria’s agricultural landscape into a ...

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi (middle) and Deputy director-general, IITA, Dr. Bernard Vanlauwe flanked by other officials of the ministry when the organisation paid a courtesy visit on the minister in his office in Abuja. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has announced plans to prioritise ...

A cross section of stakeholders during the workshop in Abuja. The permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Peter Temitope Fashedemi has expressed the ministry’s readiness to train 819 tractor operators and mechanics to enhance food production through comprehensive training in agricultural machinery handling. Represented by the director of the ...

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has said that the Federal Government is empowering farmers with mechanization.Getty Images Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has said that the Federal Government is empowering farmers with mechanization not for only technological advancement but to improve their skills and knowledge to meet ...

…move to sensitize, mitigate practice AS over 7 million people globally including Nigerians get infected and killed with air pollution related diseases, the Federal Government and development partners, Tuesday, begged farmers to stop farmland burning practices as part of land preparation for crop cultivation. Speaking on the impact of air pollution from burning farm residues by ...

Unless the federal and state governments stopped playing lip services and take seriously agricultural programmes in Nigeria, hunger, hardship and high cost of living would continue to plague the citizens. This was the position of scientists and agricultural experts in different interview with Sunday Telegraph. The experts, over the hard- ships occasioned by food in- ...