Editorial: Let there be wholesome foods free of pesticides application

The rise of dangerous chemicals to human health is increasing daily in our food systems, as concerns about this unwholesome development through fertilisers and pesticides are undermining the standards of our agricultural produce.

THE ROLE OF AFAN IN THE ATTAINMENT OF FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA... written by Engr. Akeju Olagbaju, former Director, FMARD/ Technical Adviser, Potato Farmers Association.

Introduction

The attainment of food security has been  a recurring promise by each  successive Governments  since 1999 and even before.This is a promise that is wanting but never fulfilled with all manners  of excuse.

VERTEX AGRO LTD ON A NATIONAL MISSION: RESTORING SOIL HEALTH, IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY.

 

Over the past decades, Nigeria’s agricultural landscape has witnessed a growing need for sustainable and environment friendly farming inputs. As global calls for healthier food systems and safer cultivation practices intensify, local innovators have begun to rise to the challenge.

Ginger: FG calls for research collaboration to fight disease

*IAR, NRCRI speak 

The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi, has called for strategic and harmonised research collaboration between two national research institutes to decisively tackle the recurring ginger blight epidemic in the country.

Nigeria may lose $3b on sub standard agricultural commodities, says Agric Minister

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Mohammed Kyari, has warned that the country may risk forfeiting more than $3 billion annually if it failed to comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

FG approves N50bn fund for seeds sector development

 The Federal Government ( FG) on Wednesday this week has approved the release of Fifty Billion Naira ( N50bn) for the development of the seeds value chains system towards food security.

FG promises action against tomato smugglers

The Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS), Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has pledged to deal with the peddlers of tomato concentrate in the country.

Agric show: AFAN, FACAN complain about structural challenges

 

The two apex bodies of farmers and commodity associations of Nigeria have both expressed dissatisfaction on structural default for food productivity.

Stakeholders start arriving for National Agricultural show

Some states' agricultural stakeholders with federal government agencies have started arriving the venue of this year Agric show holding in Tundunwada, Nasarawa State.

How Federal Agric PS save a life at council meeting

 

The 47th meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Food Security (NCAFS ), held recently in Kaduna, narrowly escaped a destruction that could have happened if the Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS), Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi had not quickly swung into safety action having noticed what the woman reading a memo was passing through a serious health challenge.