2 May 2025
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UN Calls On FG To Tackle Hunger And Other Threats To Agricultural Productivity

Wendy R.

The United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity. The prediction comes in the wake of a persistent hike in food prices in the country. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s food inflation rate hit a record high of 40.66 per cent in May 2024, surpassing the previous month’s 40.53 increase. This surge represents the largest year-on-year increase in food prices since records began in 1996. Historically, food…

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NIMET Predicts Rainfall Delays In North Central States

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  The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET has predicted delays in rainfall especially in the North Central States, while Borno, Abia and Akwa Ibom States will have early rains. There will also be an early end of rainy season in parts of Yobe, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Ebonyi and Lagos States The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo announced this during the public presentation of the 2024 Seasonal Climate Prediction, SCP, and unveiling of related publications in Abuja. The Minister stressed that weather and climate had profound effects on aviation, agriculture, water resources, disaster risk management and infrastructure investment.…

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VET-Toolbox: Julius Berger To Train 1,000 Cashew Farmers.

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Mrs Kikelomo Chibeze, the Project Manager, VET-Toolbox, has said that the organisation alongside with Julius Berger Plc would orgnise pilot training programmes for 1,000 cashew farmers in the country. Chibeze said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, adding that the beneficiaries would be trained with the sole aim of the growth of the sector. She said that the training would also include factory workers to tackle some of the challenges bedeviling local processing industry of the Raw Cashew Nut (RCN). The project manager listed some of the challenges facing the sector to include low RCN quality, weak…

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Aging Tree Major Challenge To Cashew Nut Business

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A cashew nut processing expert, Mr Pankaj Chawla, says aging trees remain the major challenge to cashew nut business, both for local consumption and export purposes in Nigeria. Chawla, who is the Country Representative of Valency International Agro Limited, said this on Wednesday at a training for Wild Organic Cashew Nuts Farmers/Producers and Marketers for Export Intentions, in Enugu State, said that, most cashew trees in the country are between 30 and 40 years old, adding that most of them had been caught up with aging attributes and signs. According to him, the yield of the cashew tree keeps decreasing…

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Nigeria To Stop Importation Of Agricultural Products- Buhari

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22/3/22. Import/PMB President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigeria will stop dependence on imported agricultural products. He made the declaration in Lagos at the inauguration of Dangote Fertilizer Plant, which has an installed capacity of 3.0 million metric tonnes of Urea per annum. The President noted that the plant would further advance Nigeria’s drive towards achieving self-sufficiency in food production, job-creation, increasing the inflow of foreign exchange and accelerating economic growth. On other benefits of the plant, the President expressed delight that with the commencement of exports to other countries, including the United States, India, and Brazil, Nigeria was already…

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