Tag: #FoodSecurityNigeria
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ONDO NSCDC URGES STAKEHOLDERS TO END FARMERS-HERDERS CLASHES BEFORE DRY SEASON ERUPTS
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ondo Commandant Oluyemi Ibiloye rallied farmers, herders, traditional rulers, CSOs, and security teams at a two-day Partners for Peace in Niger Delta (P4P) workshop in Akure to forge collective strategies against escalating clashes that cripple farms, markets, and food security nationwide. With dry season looming and northern herders…
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FG TARGETS CLIMATE-RESILIENT CROPS TO BOOST FOOD SECURITY
The Federal Government is stepping up efforts to increase sustainable crop yields by focusing on climate-resilient and disease-tolerant crops that can withstand pests, diseases, and extreme weather. Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, outlined these commitments at the 47th National Council on Agricultural and Food Security meeting in Kaduna, themed “Food Sovereignty and…
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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…
