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Nigeria Embraces Precision Farming, Ends Decades of Blanket Fertilizer Use
Nigeria is set to transform its agricultural landscape as stakeholders in Abuja validated the Harmonized Fertilizer Manual on Tuesday, signaling the end of decades of…
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Cocoa Farmers Demand Action as Nigeria’s Cocoa Board Bill Disappears from Public View
The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) and the Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa (COFAAA) have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to provide urgent clarity…
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Nigeria Charts Path to Dairy Self-Sufficiency with New Policy Framework
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming Nigeria’s dairy sector through coordinated reforms, strategic partnerships, and the recently validated National…
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Jega Backs Dairy Policy, Urges Institutional Reform, Private-Sector Innovation
The Special Adviser to the President on Livestock Development and Co-Chairman of the Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee, Prof. Attahiru Jega, OFR, has thrown…
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Abuja Hosts ECOWAS-YEP Kickoff, Aims to Turn Agriculture into Youth Magnet
Nigeria on Friday formally launched the ECOWAS Youth Empowerment Project (ECOWAS-YEP), a regional initiative designed to tackle unemployment and food insecurity by equipping young…
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Nigeria’s $3 Billion Honey Deficit: Youth, Government Team Up to Unlock a Sweet Future
Nigeria is facing a honey shortage so large it costs the nation $3 billion every year in imports. But amid this challenge lies a golden opportunity — one that Nigeria’s youth and…
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Nigeria Marks World Bee Day, Urges Apiculture Department, Honey Labs
In a historic first, Nigeria marked World Bee Day with full institutional support from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, signaling a renewed national focus on the…
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ECOWAS Launches Bold Youth Employment Drive in Organic Agriculture
The West Africa Secretariat of Ecological Organic Agriculture (WASEOA), in collaboration with ECOWAS, has launched a bold new regional initiative aimed at training over 1,270 young…
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Centre Calls for Strict Legislation Against GMO Products in Nigeria
By Fatima Ndagi
The Centre for Food Safety and Agricultural Research has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass legislation banning the consumption and use of…
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“From Farm to Future”: NOAN Drives Lagos Organic Revolution for Food Security and Health
With Nigeria battling rising food insecurity, health challenges, and environmental threats, the Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria (NOAN) has kicked off a…
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