Author: Adewale Kupoluyi

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.

The scarcity of naira notes which has resulted into protests is having negative effects on farmers and middlemen in Ibadan.
Traders and customers now record low sales and patronage. Read about the effects.

The Nigerian agriculture sector has still not been receiving adequate funding to bring about the desired transformation. No doubt, public spending in the sector is for the growth and development of the sector and to achieve the objectives of food security, employment generation and economic prosperity. This sector remains the major driver of the economy by contributing between 22% to 26% to the Gross Domestic Product, providing jobs for over 40% of the population and almost 90%, in the rural area. More importantly, when agriculture is accorded the right priority, it is capable to stimulating the country’s quest for diversification…