Governor Alia Slashes Fertilizer Price To N28,000Thursday, June 4, 2026
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has announced that farmers in the state will purchase fertiliser at a subsidised rate of N28,000 per bag as part of efforts to boost agricultural production. Alia made this known on Thursday during the launch of the 2026 fertiliser and farm inputs sales and d ...
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National Food Security: How Climate Change, Poor Access to Land Limit Women FarmMonday, November 17, 2025
Women farmers in Ebonyi State have raised concerns over the negative effects of climate change on crops yield, describing it as a threat to achieving food security in Nigeria. The women farmers lamented the sharp decline in the yields of rice, Maize, vegetables and legumes, among others, in Ebony ... |
Study Shows Nitrogen Fertiliser Impact On Fodder Beet Yield And NutritionThursday, November 13, 2025
Fodder beet is gaining attention as a key livestock feed crop in South Africa, and new research from the North-West University (NWU) shows how nitrogen fertiliser and planting season shape its growth and nutritional value. Zabesuthu Sithokozisiwe Mngomezulu investigated how two fodder beet variet ... |
Supporting Africa's Agricultural TransformationWednesday, August 20, 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa ndash; August 2025 ndash; Agriculture is undeniably the world rsquo;s most important industry. For Africa, it rsquo;s the bedrock of economic stability, accounting for 25% of the continent 39;s gross domestic product (GDP), 65% of its employment, and 75% of its d ... |
Ebonyi Senator Distributes Agric. Inputs To Strenghten Food Security, Empower RuWednesday, July 16, 2025
The Senator representing Ebonyi Central Zone, Senator Kenneth Emeka Eze, has distributed agricultural inputs worth hundreds of millions of naira to farmers across his constituency Senator Eze while addressing the mammoth crowd at his country home in Ohainya Amagu, Ezza South Local Government Area ... |
No More Food Security Crisis— Tinubu Declares As He Unveils 2,000 Tractors For MMonday, June 23, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria rsquo;s agricultural renaissance has begun as he commissioned 2,000 tractors for nationwide deployment under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on inf ... |
Agriculture Ministry Declares Three-day Prayer And Fasting For Food SecuritySaturday, June 14, 2025
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has gone spiritual, declaring a three-day fasting and prayer programme to ask for divine intervention in the country rsquo;s agricultural sector. This was contained in an internal circular dated June 11 and signed by Adedayo Modupe, the minist ... |
Ebonyi: House Of Assembly Committee Explains Reason Behind Declined 2025 BudgetaThursday, May 15, 2025
The Ebonyi state House of Assembly Commitee on Agriculture under the chairmanship of Honourable Onyebuchi Ogbadu, has explained the reason behind the low budgetary allocation to Agriculture in the state 39;s 2025 budget. The total Ebonyi State budget for the year 2025 is Four hundred and forty-f ... |
Food Security: FG Revives Lower Anambra Irrigation Project, Water Pumping StatioTuesday, May 13, 2025
It was jubilation at Ifite-Ogwari in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State following successful test-run of the Lower Anambra Irrigation Project, LAIP water Pumping station, setting the stage for resumption of dry season farming in the area. The Pumping Station and the Hydraulic Structu ... |
Food Insecurity: Ebonyi BCG, SWOFON Demands State of Emergency on Agriculture, FWednesday, April 23, 2025
The Ebonyi Budget Committee Group, a Civil society initiative and the Smallholder Women Farmers in Ebonyi state have called on all levels of government in Nigeria to immediately declare a state of emergency on the Agricultural sector to save the country from excruciating hunger which is gradually er ... |
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