Tag: #AgriculturalTransformation
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WOMEN FARMERS KEY TO NIGERIA’S FOOD SECURITY — KWASU DON
Nigeria may struggle to overcome food insecurity unless women farmers gain better access to land, affordable credit, modern technology and agricultural support services, a Professor of Agricultural Economics at Kwara State University (KWASU), Taibat Moji Yusuf, has warned. Yusuf gave the warning while delivering KWASU’s 23rd Inaugural Lecture, titled “Empowering Women Farmers in Nigeria: Closing…
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FEDERAL GOVT THROUGH ATASP-1 TO MOP UP EXCESS FOOD, PREVENT POST-HARVEST LOSSES IN NIGERIA
The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase-One (ATASP-1), funded by the African Development Bank, announced plans to purchase and store excess food in strategic reserves to curb post-harvest losses. Dr Romanus Egba, Zonal Programme Coordinator at ATASP-1 in Adani-Omor, Enugu, reassured that there is no cause for alarm despite recent food price crashes. Egba explained…
