Africa’s next food crisis may not begin on the farm, but in a distant shipping lane. With the Iran war, international attention has focused on oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and related shortages or price spikes in energy…

Moroccan cabinet member in charge of fisheries, Zakia Driouich, on Wednesday said the country will halt exports of frozen sardines from 1 February to protect domestic supplies and contain prices. Sardines are a staple for Moroccan households, and the country…

Some farmers in Hinna Community, Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, have raised concerns over increasing hippopotamus attacks on their farmlands and livelihoods. Zakari Ladan, head of farmers in Hinna Community, raised the alarm in an interview with the…

Beneficiaries of an agricultural intervention programme in Kano State say the project led to many positives, including increased yields and higher profits for farmers and agripreneurs. They spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday during a ceremony marking the closure of…

Barely three minutes into its journey from Ilaro to Sango-Ota in Ogun State, a vehicle carrying fresh maize was stopped at a police checkpoint along the Ilaro-Papalanto road. It was in the first half of June, and the midday sun…

The men who cornered Ita James did not come for his catch. In this bustling town of Ibaka, one of Nigeria’s largest fishing towns, fishers know how sudden and brutal such an encounter could be. Speedboats fitted with twin 200-horsepower…

The cold bites harder at night. Nathaniel Bitrus* feels it on his face as the motorcycle roars along the dirt path to Sunawara, a small community in the Toungo area of Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria. A chainsaw sits carefully on…

A new agricultural project in Plateau State is being celebrated as a turning point for Nigeria’s livestock sector. Experts say the successful cultivation of Alfalfa, a high-protein forage crop known globally as “green gold,” could become a model for sustainable…

On a Friday morning in May, a tired Omosehin Adekanle stared at a heap of palm kernels at her milling store in Okitipupa, a town in Ondo State, and a major palm oil-producing area in Nigeria. The 45-year-old woman had…

Kenya’s exquisite little pancake tortoise, locally known as kobe kama chapati, faces extinction due to habitat loss, land clearance for agriculture, poaching for the illegal pet trade and potential impacts from climate change. On 10 August, three suspects were arrested in a sting…

Farmers in Ondo, Osun and Ekiti have identified a lack of storage facilities, poor road networks, unreliable power supply and security as challenges confronting farming activities and often leading to massive post-harvest losses. The farmers, in separate interviews with the…

Belém, Brazil (November 7, 2025) — The Gates Foundation today announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world and protect hard-won gains against poverty. Announced at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where…

Over 12,000 Nigerian graduates have successfully uploaded their final year research projects to the Nigerian government’s recently established National Education Repository and Databank (NERD), a month after the portal went live on 14 October. According to a PREMIUM TIMES review…

The Benue State Government has said it is set for the takeoff of its dry season farming programme scheduled for December 2025. The assurance followed Governor Hyacinth Alia’s inspection of the Agribusiness and Mechanisation Centre in Makurdi, where newly assembled…

The Chairman of the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Chike Okafor, has warned that a bench warrant of arrest may be issued against the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Ayo Sontinrin, and the Director-General of…