In late February, 14-year-olds Nahima and Yayaya, died after eating tainted biscuits at a classmate’s birthday celebration in their school, located just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja. Several […]
Ndidi Nwuneli On Fake Processed Food
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The Federal Government to Create 1 Million Jobs Through Egg Production, Processing and Sale
According to the Federal Government, egg production, processing and marketing could create no fewer than one million jobs through its National Egg Production (NEGPRO) Scheme. Chief Audu […]
Kogi State Government To Evolve Cassava Value Chain Policy
The Kogi Government has partnered with Synergos Nigeria to evolve a Cassava Value Chain policy as part of efforts to reposition the agriculture sector in line with […]
FrieslandCampina WAMCO signs MoU with Nigeria Dairy Development Project (NDDP)
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC and Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory Limited (SCPAL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the Nigeria Dairy Development Programme […]
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support FG’s ‘LIFE’ programme for wealth creation
Audu Ogbeh,the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said the Bill and Melinda gates foundation has pledged to support federal government’s Labour Intensive and Life Enterprise,’LIFE’ which […]
AfDB Partners Sokoto State to Establish Agro-Industrial Parks
The African Development Bank, AfDB, will partner with the Sokoto State Government in its plans to establish an agro-industrial park for the North-West geo-political zone, its President, […]
World Food Situation
FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief provides an up-to-date perspective of the world cereal market. The monthly brief is supplemented by […]
Kebbi surpasses one million tonnes of rice
The importance of Agriculture to the economy cannot be quantified more especially in the present economic crunch where all other sources of revenue have dwindled. Besides, agriculture […]
BMGF, DFID fund projects to boost agriculture
In the drive to boost agriculture through root and tuber crops production, Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), […]
L&Z Signs MoU with Nigerian Government
The Nigerian government and a local dairy company, L&Z Integrated Dairy Farms, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing the dairy sector and helping to […]