Nigeria:   'Cassava Bread Will Reduce Cost of Importation'

Vanguard, 13 June 2012

The Association of Small Scale Agro Producers in Nigeria(ASSAPIN) said on Tuesday that the Federal Government initiative in substituting wheat flour with cassava flour in bread… Read more »

Nigeria:   Agriculture - 'North's Most Potent Tool for Poverty Eradication'

Daily Trust, 4 June 2012

As the current administration celebrates its one year in office, Chief Audu Ogbe, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Honorary Adviser on Agriculture… Read more »

Nigeria:   Giving Teeth to Agricultural Transformation

Leadership, 1 June 2012

The inauguration of the Presidential Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council (PATIC) on May 14, 2012, by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has elicited joy among… Read more »

Nigeria:   Food Importers, Agents of Retrogression--Adesina

Daily Trust, 30 May 2012

Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has described food importers especially rice as agents of retrogression as they cripplle rice production in the country. Read more »

Nigeria:   Country to Stop Wheat Importation By 2016 - Minister

Vanguard, 26 February 2012

Nigeria is working on plans to stop the importation of wheat by 2016, Minister of Water Resources , Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, has said. Read more »

Nigeria:   FG to Save N635 Billion From Wheat Imports

The Moment, 27 February 2012

NIGERIA may save N635 billion from wheat imports going by the level of work by the Federal Government to ensure sufficient local production by 2016. Read more »