Under the calm skies of a late February evening in Patigi, Kwara State, over 60 people crowded into a small boat departing Etsungi ferry port for Minna, the capital of Niger state. The vessel, overloaded by double its capacity, lurched…

Amidst concerns over the adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in Nigeria, the federal government, in January, approved the commercial release of four “Tela maize” varieties for commercial planting in the country. The move placed Nigeria second in the list of…

Bassirou Faye’s election as Senegal’s youngest president on 24 March was celebrated domestically and internationally as confirmation of the country’s strong democratic tradition. Observers believe that Senegalese citizens and the youth in particular, the Constitutional Council and religious and political…

Lateef Sanni, a professor and Executive Director, Nigerian Stored Produce Research Institute (NSPR), says the country needs about 300 cold chain hubs (storage facilities) to reduce post-harvest losses to the barest minimum. Mr Sanni said this in an interview with…

On a vast farmland in the eastern part of Nigeria’s Benue State, Aondongu Saaku and the men he had hired for harvest stood staring at the outcome of what he had planted. Yams not bigger than medium-sized Irish potatoes –…

Mutiat Kilasho was 12 when she began to show interest in her father’s rice farm. After three years of apprenticeship with him, she began cultivating a local variety of the crop named after her community – Ofada, in Obafemi Owode…

The Nigerian government has announced a support package worth N1.6 billion for ginger farmers in three states and Abuja. The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), Mohammed Ibrahim, disclosed this at the launch of the Ginger Blight…

Farmers from about 44 communities, villages and farm settlements in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State have protested what they described as the take over of their farmlands by Chinese companies, depriving them of their sources of livelihood.…

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for the revitalisation of two irrigation projects in his state to improve food security in the country. Mr Zulum disclosed this to journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State…

The Katsina State Government has converted 722 local government workers to agricultural extension service officers to support farmers with proper information to enhance agricultural production in the state. Governor Dikko Radda stated this at a two-day training organised for the…

“Allahu Akbar Llahu Akbar!” the Muezzin – a person who proclaims the call to the daily prayers in Islam – says, his voice punctuated by chatters from passers-by and traders haggling prices at the open market in the central part…

Dear Reader, Nigeria’s food crisis took a worrisome turn in February as residents of Minna, Niger State, trooped out in large numbers to protest the hardship in Nigeria caused by the rising cost of living occasioned by the downturn of the economy.  Women…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Food Security, Yejide Ogundipe, says the era of paying lip service towards supporting women farmers in the country is over. Speaking at an event commemorating the 2024 International Women’s Day organised by…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of the Director-General of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Vincent Isegbe, to serve in the same capacity for another five-year term in office. The president expects that the Director-General will build on…

The bid by the Tinubu administration to ensure food security through the transformation of agricultural productivity in the country has received a major boost with a consortium of mid-sized agriculture companies pledging to support millions of farmers across different value…