Senator Osita Izunaso From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri In his bid to curb poverty dand restiveness in Orlu senatorial zone (Imo West), the senator-elect Osita Izunasob, is partnering with Agric Crowdy, South African firm to empower his constituents through commercial and virtual agriculture. Speaking at a seminar organized on Thursday in Owerri , the Imo state ...

The 2023 Cadre Harmonise report released on March 15, 2023 noted that cash and petrol scarcity as well as rising insecurity and climate change have caused food crisis affecting more than 24.8 million Nigerians. PHOTO | COURTESY | NIGERIA’S MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Summary The CH was developed on request by Nigeria as an early warning ...

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja Agricultural sector recorded 34 per cent drop this year due to the effects of climate change. The shock is also expected to worsen the poverty situation in Nigeria. Speaking at a workshop on Climate Adaptation Support Programme, at the weekend, in Abuja, Director of Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre, University ...

Solar pumps bring irrigation to farms and increase yields in food-insecure, arid Niger The World Bank-funded Niger Solar Electricity Access Project enables farmers to buy pumps Based on its success, a broader $800-million solar energy project – Niger Accelerating Electricity Access (HASKÉ) – will integrate grid power, mini-grids, and off-grid solutions for electricity and clean ...

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), has said with an estimated population of 400 million by 2050, large food deficits remains a major challenge to the food system, despite having the potential to feed its growing population into the coming decades. FAO in a statement in Abuja noted that food self-sufficiency ...

By Mary Izuaka President Buhari advised other African leaders despite the failure of his government to improve funding for the Nigerian agricultural sector in line with the Maputo agreement. On 25 January, President Muhammadu Buhari urged African leaders to allocate 10 per cent of their national budgets to the agricultural sector in order to promote ...

In a bid to develop an effective strategy for improved agriculture and food markets, Nigeria and France recently signed a grant agreement of €1.2 million. The agreement was signed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, the Country ...

By Dickson S. Adama Poultry farmers in Plateau State have raised the alarm over the level of havoc the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has caused their sector, saying the sector is fast crashing and urgent measures must be taken to revive it. Speaking with Daily Trust on Sunday in ...

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered a low real growth rate of 3.10% in 2022 due to the country’s low agricultural and manufacturing productivity. Real GDP growth in 2021 was 3.40%. Economic output started very optimistically with real GDP growth of 3.11% at the end of the first quarter of2022and3.54% in the second quarter, but projections for the ...

ANALYSIS By Oluwaseun Oguntuase Only one candidate devotes more than a few passing mentions to climate change in their manifesto. When Nigeria’s new president is sworn in on 29 May 2023, following elections on 25 February, he will inherit a country facing multiple interrelated challenges, from fuel scarcity and stretched public finances to widespread insecurity and ...