By Ojoma Akor The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that more than one million people in northeast Nigeria risk being cut off from emergency food and nutrition assistance within weeks unless urgent new funding is received. The organization, in a statement, said that as a result, and for the first time in…
Farmers cultivating sesame seeds have described the food crop as an agricultural goldmine, that has been left unharnessed for many decades in Nigeria and across Africa.
Peter Samuel Farmers in Ebonyi State, South East, Nigeria have said that widespread adoption of mechanized farming in Nigeria will lead to high yields and the attainment of food sufficiency in the country. They said it is important for many farmers in the country to utilize mechanized system of agriculture in producing their crops and…
By Health and Science Africa Representatives from four key federal government agencies in Nigeria have undertaken a fact-finding visit to farms cultivating genetically modified (GM) maize and cowpea in Nigeria, and expressed satisfaction with the crops’ performance. The visit, organized as part of a “Seeing is Believing” tour, was led by the National Biosafety Management…
By Ojotule Akor An Abuja-based farmer, Andrew Nanfwang, has called on the Federal Government to accelerate access to TELA maize seeds for farmers across the country, following the remarkable performance of the genetically modified (GM) crop on his farm. A statement from African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), signed by its Communication Officer (West and…
