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FG unveils private sector-led agribusiness financing programme
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FG unveils private sector-led agribusiness financing programme

The Federal Government has announced a private sector-led Large-Scale Agribusiness Financing Programme aimed at enhancing food security through industrial agriculture investment. The initiative, designed to mobilize large-scale funding for the production and processing of key crops such as oil palm, rice, maize, cassava, sugar, and soybean, was unveiled during a high-level meeting in Abuja. The […]

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79% of households are food insecure in Nigeria – Report

The National Food Consumption and Micronutrients Survey has revealed that 79 per cent of households are food insecure in Nigeria. This is contained in the 2021 National Food Consumption and Micronutrients Survey report launched in Abuja by the Federal government in collaboration with foreign partners and other stakeholders in the food sector, according to Vanguard. […]

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Nigeria seeks US collaboration to strengthen food security

Nigeria has asked the United States Government for help in addressing important problems that are harming the nation’s agricultural sector. According to The PUNCH, as part of his recent diplomatic engagements in the United States of America, Vice President Kashim Shettima launched negotiations with US Special Envoy for Global Food Security, Cary Fowler. Shettima said in […]

Nigeria to produce food worth €62bn by 2024 - Report
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Lower interest rates to boost food security, farmers urge CBN

Nigeria’s Central Bank has been encouraged to lower loan rates in order to increase food production by the Agriculture Development Farmers Association of Oyo State. According to The PUNCH, the association’s chairman, Salihu Imam, stated that a large decrease in financing costs would spur agricultural growth and improve the country’s food security. “Bringing down lending rates […]

Food drives August's inflation rate to 25.80% - NBS
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Food security: FG launches sub-saharan systems dashboard

The Sub-National Food Systems Dashboard, which will update the Presidency on policy measures and track the food system transformation agenda for national development, was launched by the Federal Government on Thursday. According to The Times, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Sabi Aliyu-Abdullahi, made this announcement at the Abuja inauguration. He continued […]

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Food security: FG launches sub-saharan systems dashboard

The Sub-National Food Systems Dashboard, which will update the Presidency on policy measures and track the food system transformation agenda for national development, was launched by the Federal Government on Thursday. According to The Times, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Sabi Aliyu-Abdullahi, made this announcement at the Abuja inauguration. He continued […]

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UK supports Nigeria’s food security with £60m

British Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly has announced a spate of support worth £60 million for agriculture, food systems, and humanitarian initiatives in Nigeria as part of his four-day trip to African countries. The British government has claimed that the program will aid more than 4 million people in improving their farming methods and fending off the consequences of climate change […]

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Stakeholders seek partnership to promote food safety measures

Stakeholders, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Health Ministry, among others, have urged for increased cooperation and a united front to battle foodborne illnesses and improve food safety measures. Leadership reported that the appeal came as the international community observed World Food Safety Day in 2023 in recognition […]

64.3 million Nigerians don't have enough food - UN
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64.3 million Nigerians don’t have enough food – UN

The World Food Program, a division of the United Nations has said that 32% (64.3 million) of Nigerians do not have sufficient food available to eat. According to The Punch, in 19 different countries, the organization estimates that 170 million people lack access to enough food to eat. The countries with the highest prevalence of […]

CBN, NiMet collaborate on food security
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CBN, NiMet collaborate on food security

In order to increase the nation’s food security, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency and the Central Bank of Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, when a delegation from the CBN visited NiMet on Monday in Abuja, NiMet’s Director-General, Prof. Mansur Matazu, announced that the cooperation will raise Nigerians’ […]

WTO members rally behind Okonjo-Iweala for second term
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WTO strikes landmark deal on food security

The World Trade Organization concluded hard-won deals Friday on fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines in a landmark bundle of agreements secured through hectic round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the trade ministers’ conference had struck an “unprecedented package of deliverables” which would make a difference to people’s lives across the planet. The […]

WTO members rally behind Okonjo-Iweala for second term
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Food security: Okonjo-Iweala optimistic as global trade ministers meet

The World Trade Organization chief voiced cautious optimism Sunday as global trade ministers gather to tackle food security threatened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines. Speaking just hours before the opening of the WTO’s first ministerial meeting in nearly five years, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala acknowledged that “the road will be […]