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Presidency: Hunger claims exaggerated, Nigeria not collapsing

Awwal Owolabi 8 August 2025 0

The presidency has revealed that the hunger claims in the country are being exaggerated and that Nigeria is not on the brink of collapse as asserted by ‘fear-mongering journalists’. Sunday Dare, special adviser to the President on media and public communications, affirmed in a

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‘Our crops are dying’ — Plateau farmers lament short rainfall in southern zone

Kingsley Chukwuka 21 July 2025 0

Farmers in Plateau State’s southern zone say delayed rainfall is killing their crops and threatening their livelihoods. The affected zone includes Langtang North, Langtang South, Mikang, Shendam, Wase, and Qua’an Pan local government areas. Unlike other parts of the state where rains have been steady, the southern belt is experiencing a disturbing dry spell. Crops […]

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Food Security: National policy on mechanisation will promote agriculture economy – FG

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The Federal Government says a National Agriculture Mechanisation Policy will promote mechanisation for increased productivity, food security and agricultural economy. Mr Temitope Fashedemi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, stated this at a stakeholders workshop on the review of draft national agriculture mechanisation policy on

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FG charges agro dealers on partnership to strengthen food security

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By Motolani Oseni The federal government through the minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has called for collaboration among Agro dealers to strengthen production and achieve food security. The minister made the call during a courtesy visit by the President, Nigerian Agro Input Dealers Association (NAIDA), Alhaji Kabir Umar Fara and his […]

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Food Security- Go Green With Suntwist, The Recycle of Life

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2021 0

Food security is the measure of the availability of food and the ability of individuals to access it. It can also be simply defined as the ability of all people at all times to have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for […]

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‘Food security may remain elusive’

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2020 0

By Ladesope Ladelokun Coupled with the threat posed by floods, the Acting Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof Alex Akpa, has raised the alarm that Nigeria cannot attain food security with the way agriculture is practised in the country. Akpa expressed worry that most of the innovations currently being adopted by nations that […]

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COVID-19 effects threaten food security, increase vulnerability of women farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2020 0

Mrs Motunrayo Ajagbe, 55, is a smallholder farmer in Ibadan. She has afarm at Oluyole Local Government Area. She and members of her familydepend on the sale of the farm produce for survival. During the initial five weeks of the lockdown occasioned by COVID 19pandemic, she lost 70 per cent of her crops and vegetables because shecould not go to the farm to tend to them.

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Food security: Scientist urges govt. to domesticate global technologies

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2020 0

Abuja – Nigeria has been advised to create necessary incentives that would encourage use of foreign technologies for improved crop yield that would ensure food security in the country. Dr Rose Gidado, Scientist at Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria chapter, gave the advise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), […]

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Food security: we have had a bumper harvest – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2020 0

Gusau(Zamfara) – The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, has expressed satisfaction with improvement in the country’s strategic grains reserve. Nanono made this known while on an inspection tour of one of the country’s grains reserves in Zamfara State. He said the improvement was achieved through interventions from the Federal

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Osun to restrict cattle grazing to farm settlements

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2020 0

Osun state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Adebayo Adewole, has assured farmers that the state government will restrict open grazing of cattle by herdsmen to farm settlements to prevent farmers-herders crisis. The commissioner gave the assurance in a statement by the ministry’s press officer, Mr.s Segilola Babalola, on Thursday in Osogbo while hosting

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Science communication key in promoting food security in Nigeria – Gidado

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

Science communication is playing a vital role in promoting food security in Nigeria, country director of the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa, Dr. Rose Gidado has said.Gidado made this known at  at 2nd International Conference on science communication in Africa tagged “Humanizing Science” According to Gidado “science

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FG approves N60bn for rice subsidy

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2018 0

…Okays N24bn compensation for rice farmers affected by flood …National Food Security Council seeks ban of NPK 151515 fertilizer In a move to reduce the price of rice in the country and support the industry, the Federal Government has approved N60 billion as subsidy for rice proposed by the National Food Security Council. Speaking after […]

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GIFSEP Trains FCT Schools On Curbing Climate Change

Ihesiulo Grace 27 June 2018 0

The Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), has held a capacity building programme for some secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory to address climate change. The programme was supported by the Global Environment Facility –Small Grant Program (GEF-SGP) implemented by the United Nations Development Program UNDP. Executive

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GIFSEP, Others Write AFDB, Seeks Phasing Out Of Finance To Coal Fired Plants In Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2018 0

Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem preservation (GIFSEP), and 25 other environment based non governmental organizations across Africa have called on the African Development Bank (AFDB) to stop financing coal fired power plants projects in Nigeria. Speaking while addressing a press conference in Abuja, the group described as strange that in this era of […]

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Climate change: GIFSEP powers school with solar

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2018 0

As part of capacity building of students to address climate change in schools in FCT Abuja, a Non-Government Organization Global Initiative for Food security and Ecosystem Preservation with support of GEF Small Grant Program has provided solar to power four class rooms in Government Secondary School Yaba Abaji Area Council Abuja. Speaking at workshop training […]

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Lagos spends N1.04b on Lake rice subsidy in 3 years

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2018 0

Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has subsidized LAKE Rice to the tune of N1.049billion from December 2016 till date, as part of efforts aimed at sustaining food sufficiency and food security in the State. Speaking at the ongoing annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration held […]

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Environmental Culture: Group advocates tree planting to halt climate change

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2018 0

In its bid to address the adverse effect of climate change in the country, a civil society group under the aegis of Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation, GIFSEP, has called for tree planting in schools in the Federal Capital Territory. According to environmentalists, one of the practical ways to combat climate change […]

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VC seeks FG, plant protectionists synergy on economy, food security

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Professor Idowu Olayinka, has called on the Federal Government and plant protectionists to collaborate with a view to diversifying Nigeria’s economy and boost food security in the country. Represented by Prof. Ademola Ladele, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Idowu made the call at the opening of the 43rd Annual […]

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Food security: Expert urges Nigerians To prioritise cassava production

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

Expert has urged Nigerians to accord cassava cultivation greater attention to boost for production. The expert at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), who said this would reduce poverty and enhance food security. The centre’s Regional Director, Dr Debisi Araba, gave the advice in Abuja on Monday. Araba said that aside that cassava had […]

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Herdsmen/ farmers clash: Threat to food security in Nigeria – Nwabuko

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

The incessant Fulani herdsmen- farmers clashes have been described as an unhealthy development to the Nigeria’s food self sufficiency effort. The Principal Secretary to Abia State Governor, Emma Nwabuko stated this while addressing women protesters from Bende LGA who staged a peaceful rally to the Government House, Umuahia to complain about the destruction of their […]