November 02, 2022
Nigeria: Flooding - Govt Has Contigency Plan to Prevent Food Shortage, Says Minister
The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that arrangements have been put in place to forestall food shortage in the wake of losses recorded in the farms as a result of recent… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Nigeria: COP27 - FAO to Convene Local, Global Actors for Agrifood Transformation
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has announced that it would convene local, national and global actors in its quest to seek solutions that would transform agri-food… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Nigeria: NAFDAC Targets Attainment of Who Maturity Level Four Certification
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it would work to attain the World Health Organisation (WHO) Maturity Level Four certification. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: FAO Calls For Increased Investments In Agriculture, Resilient Agrifood Systems
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged governments across the globe to prioritise increased investments into the agricultural sector and resilient agrifood systems. Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: 500 Confirmed Dead, 45,000 Houses Destroyed, 70,000 Hectares Farmlands Submerged Nationwide
The hellish condition of those impacted by the flood in several states is intensifying even as the federal government confirmed yesterday that at least 500 persons had died in the… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Nigeria: WFP Extends Emergency Assistance to Prevent Acute Malnutrition in North-East
The World Food Programme (WFP), an agency of the United Nations (UN) has distributed emergency nutrition assistance to prevent acute malnutrition among 104,835 crisis-affected… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Tagged as a 'Hunger Hotspot' As Govts Rally to End Food Insecurity, Nutrition Crisis
A joint United Nation (UN) report has stated that food crisis has tightened its grip on Nigeria and 18 other countries, adding that the number of people facing acute food… Read more »
September 20, 2022
Nigeria: Supreme Feeds Harps On Effective Collaboration to Address Challenges in Nigeria's Poultry Industry
The Pandagric Novum Limited (PNL), manufacturers of Supreme Feeds, has emphasised that increased partnership with customers is needed to tackle the challenges facing poultry… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Nigeria: 56% of Nigeria's Agricultural Land Not in Use, Says Minister
The federal government has disclosed that 56 per cent of Nigeria's arable land is underutilised. Read more »
August 16, 2022
Nigeria: Food Inflation Continues to Surge As Poultry Feed Rises By 168%
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated that Nigeria's food inflation rose to 18.37 per cent in April amid increase in prices of staple food across the country. Read more »
August 01, 2022
Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala Calls for More Support for Sustainable Fisheries
Financial assistance must be expanded to help developing and least-developed country (LDC) members establish sustainable fisheries in light of the historic World Trade… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Nigeria: 1.74m Children in North-East At Risk of Malnutrition - UN
United Nations has decried that worsening food insecurity may push 1.74 million children under the age of five in the North-eastern Nigeria into malnutrition. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Nigeria: Malnutrition and Its Alarming Endemic Situation in Nigeria
Public Health experts see malnutrition as one of the major public health and development concerns, globally. In Nigeria, especially in Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger, the situation is… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Nigeria: AfDB Board Approves Over $1bn for Emergency Food Production Plan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors has approved 24, fast-track programmes to help the continent mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by… Read more »
July 14, 2022
Nigeria: Fishermen Seek Govt's Intervention Over Shell Bonga Oil Spill
Representatives and leaders of the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (AFAN) who are victims of the Shell Bonga Oil Spill of 2011, yesterday called on President Muhammadu… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Nigeria: Empowering Local Rice Farmers to Achieve Food Security
When we hear the words "local rice farmer", we might imagine a rural dweller in a straw hat cultivating their crops in a rice paddy. As familiar as this picture might be, the story… Read more »
Nigeria: Food Crisis - Again, Nigeria, Five Others Remain At 'Highest Alert' As Hunger Hotspots
A report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has categorised Nigeria, Ethopia, South Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia… Read more »
Nigeria: 670 Million People Facing Hunger in 2030, Says UN
The 2022 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World's (SOFI) report of the United Nations (UN) has projected that nearly 670 million people, representing 8.0… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Nigeria: MSF Seeks Nigerian Govt, UN Intervention Over Rising Malnutrition in Crisis-Ridden North-West
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translated to mean 'Doctors without Borders,' an international medical humanitarian organisation has raised the alarm over the… Read more »
June 13, 2022
Nigeria: Eliminating Food Insecurity in Nigeria
The recent statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed, said the inflation rate rose to 15.92 percent in March 2022, representing a 0.22 percent point rise when… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan Join Others As Countries With Acute Food Insecurity, Catastrophic Conditions
The latest 'Hunger Hotspots of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) early warnings on acute food insecurity' report released yesterday… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Nigeria: Food Price Index Dipped in May - FAO
World food commodity prices declined modestly in May for the second consecutive month, even as wheat and poultry prices pushed higher, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria, 59 Others Seek New WTO Rules On Food Subsidy to Battle Inflation
No fewer than 60 countries, including Nigeria are demanding new World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules on food subsidy to battle inflation. Read more »
June 02, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari, Spanish King, Canvass Global Cooperation to Avert Looming Food Crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari and King Felipe VI of Spain have canvassed the need for world leaders to come together and strategise on ways to avert the looming food crisis globally. Read more »
May 24, 2022
Nigeria: World Bank Earmarks U.S.$30 Billion to Address Global Food Insecurity
The World Bank has announced plans to invest over $30 billion to address the ongoing global food security crisis in the next 15 months. Read more »