Author: Adewale Kupoluyi

By Oludele Taiwo A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has stressed the need to improve the agriculture sector’s access to financial services. Atiku, who was represented by Ibrahim Bashir while speaking on a sideline of the launch of the All Farmers Association (AFAN) at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, observed that as a stakeholder with sufficient understanding in agriculture, he believes that the sector was the surest path to attaining economic development. He made a case for a policy of diversification and supporting the development of commercially-driven technology, sufficient agriculture and proficiency in agriculture. This, according to him,…

By Oludele Taiwo A legal practitioner and a conservationist, Olivia Ihemeson, has lamented the poor awareness of the consequences of environmental degradation by activities such as dumping of refuse in the nearby stream/drainage, bush burning, indiscriminate and emissions from exhaust/explosives. She also lamented the destructive effects of using harmful herbicides in farming, discriminating falling of trees with no plans for replacement, radiation from living too close to a communication mast, and uniformed reclamation of wetlands by individuals, among others. Ihemeson, thereby canvassed for stronger legislation and enforcement of policy actions to protect the environment against degradation, especially in the Niger…

Over 40 varieties of the African yam-bean (AYB) in a bid to improve soil fertility and achieve food security with generic diversity.

The 46th Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was held in Rome, Italy and Nigerians were part of the delegates.

Inflation shot up by 0.47% to 21.83% in January 2023 after shading a few basis points in the month of December 2022, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics has revealed.

This development on the part of food prices in the market has been linked to increasing prices of agricultural products.

Nigeria is yet to fully recover from the havoc wrecked by farmers-herders crisis. 4000 lives are recorded lost to the crisis under 7 years with millions displaced and farms destroyed

A US$1.6 billion food processing factory is coming up in Onicha-Ugbo, Aniocha North Local Council of Delta State, Nigeria.
This is according to Tingo Foods

If you are going to Nepal, don’t have a rose in your luggage lest you end up in jail. Here’s why

There year old Benji and his step-grandfather, Curt Mottaz have co-authored a book on the farming experience.

To help meet daily nutrition needs of family members and to provide a diverse menu using biofortified crops by aiming to improve nutrient intake and reducing malnutrition, Harvest plus has launched “Biofortified crops on my plate”. It contains over 50 recipes using vitamin A cassava, vitamin A maize, and vitamin A orange sweet potatoes as the main ingredients.