Nigeria gov’t targets poultry deal with ChinaMarch 26, 2026 The Federal Government, in partnership with China, is planning a US$900 million investment in large-scale poultry projects aimed at producing up…
FG advances efforts to control small ruminant diseasesMarch 25, 2026 The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development convened a two-day meeting in Abuja to assess and address Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a…
Current cocoa pricing models fail to protect farmers – GroupMarch 19, 2026 The Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa has raised serious concerns that existing cocoa pricing models are failing to protect farmers across…
Rising prices push food inflation to 12.12% in FebruaryMarch 17, 2026 The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that food inflation rose in February to 12.12%, reversing from its first single-digit win…
FG deploys N250bn agric credit, fertiliser bagsMarch 12, 2026 The Federal Government says it has deployed about N250 billion in agricultural credit and released 2.15 million bags of fertiliser to support…
Mixed reactions trail NBS report on declining food pricesMarch 5, 2026 The latest Selected Food Price Watch, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has indicated that food prices declined across key staples in…
Tinubu extends raw shea nut export ban by one yearFebruary 26, 2026 President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of the ban on the export of raw shea nuts for another year, from February…
FG, IITA scale up yam productionFebruary 22, 2026 In a bid to bridge the over 50 million metric tonnes supply gap of yams, the Federal Government, in collaboration with…
Food inflation hits single digits in 10 yearsFebruary 17, 2026 Food inflation hit a single digit of 8.89% in January of 2026, for the first time in a decade, in line with…
Kyari becomes IFAD council chairman, gets Tinubu’s backingFebruary 14, 2026 The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has clinched the chairmanship position of the Governing Council of the…
