Agriculture
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250Agroecology: FG Tasks ECOWAS, Stakeholders to Leverage Financing Strategies
The Federal Government has called on stakeholders in the agriculture and finance value chain in West Africa region to leverage financing strategies...
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180Nigeria’s Fertiliser Usage Recovers to Reach 1.64m Tonnes
Fertiliser statistics provider, AfricaFertiliser, has stated that the country’s official fertiliser consumption reached 1,642, 476 metric tonnes last year. The country’s official...
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234Nigeria Loses 855,629 MT of Food to 2024 Floods –Report
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has estimated a loss of 855,629 metric tonnes of food to the...
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Nigeria to Reduce Post-harvest Losses by 25% –Minister
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has vowed to reduce post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector by 25 per cent...
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190Food Security: FG Partners Consortium on Soybean, Sugarcane Processing Plants
The federal government has expressed its desire to partner Trans Sahara Consortium’s soybean and sugar projects’ initiative, saying it was a game-changer...
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266Cost of Healthy Diet Rises by 28% -NBS
The rising cost of maintaining a healthy diet has put a strain on many Nigerians, as the average daily cost of a...
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FG Extends Rice Subsidy Programme to States
The Federal Government is expanding its subsidised rice programme to alleviate food insecurity in Nigeria, with sales set to launch in Lagos,...
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‘Flood, Insecurity May Cause Severe Food Shortages’
Farmers under the aegis of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have raised alarm over looming hunger across the country and...
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251Sugar Masterplan Attracted $1 Billion Investments, 15,000 Jobs, Says NSDC Boss
The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Kamar Bakrin, has said the Backward Integration Plan (BIP) under the first...
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253Heavy Food Imports Must End, FG Declares
Nigeria is set to reduce its dependence on food imports, according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy,...
