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Lagos Signs MoU With Chinese Company On Rice Value Chain Production
Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese food processing company, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Limited, to increase productivity in the rice value chain and enhance food security in the State.…
Ogun Joins Rice-Producing States As Abiodun Flags Off Harvest Of 200-Hectare Plantation
Ogun State has joined the league of rice-producing states in the country with the flagging off of the harvest of 200 hectares of farmland at Magboro Rice Farm in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
The farm is the…
FOOD SUFFICIENCY: Southern Governors’ Forum Set To Promote Regional Trade
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Thursday said southern states have decided to promote inter-state and inter-region trade to foster food security and sufficiency.
The governor also disclosed that Ogun State has decided to…
Tinubu Appoints Ex- INEC Boss Jega To Co- Chair Implementation C’ttee Of Livestock Reforms
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity and open up new opportunities which benefit farmers, herders,…
FOOD SECURITY: A’Ibom Partners Blackrock Farms To Scale Up Production
In furtherance of the food sufficiency agenda of the State government as contained in the ARISE Agenda, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has disclosed his administration's intention to partner with Blackrock Farms in Nsit Ibom Local…
FOOD SECURITY: Ogun Allocates Farmlands To State Lawmakers
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, allocated farmlands to 26 members of the state House of Assembly as parts of efforts aimed at ensuring food security and in support of the agricultural resurgence initiative of the…
WACTAF Set To Float Vocational Training Centres Across W/Africa To Boost Agriculture
By Roland Ekama
The West African Association for Cross-Border Trade in Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral and Fisheries Food Products (AOCTAH/WACTAF) has expressed committed to strengthening skills and knowledge in the agricultural field across the sub…
Delta State Inaugurates Palm Oil Processing Plant, Decries Importation Of Products
The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Tuesday, said the successful inauguration of a 10 metric tonnes per hour oil palm processing mill at Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North local government area of the state was a great…
FG Partners Global Alliance ,Others To Enhance Food Security
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has expressed the Ministry’s readiness to partner Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to tackle Food and Nutrition Security, post-harvest losses among others.…
Edo State Explores Livestock Husbandry With Namibia
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has revealed plans to partner with the government of Namibia on animal husbandry and other livestock benefits.
Obaseki disclosed this when the Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Humphery…