The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State chapter, has championed the move for the attainment of food security in the country at its annual conference. The association stated this at its 2024 annual Conference and Exhibition…

The Federal Government has dispatched 20 trucks of rice to each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to cushion the effect of the rising cost of food items occasioned by the reform programme of the administration.…

The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has launched the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme designed to end food insecurity, improve export earnings, and create jobs and other…

If the surging price of foodstuffs is not checked, millions of additional people will be pushed into acute food insecurity in the foreseeable future. Already, global patterns of trade, production, and consumption have been altered,…

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has restated its commitment towards tackling food insecurity in Nigeria, noting that it would support the country in its quest to eradicate hunger by 2030.…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has said that about 4.02 million people in Nigeria are currently faced with acute food insecurity. The FAO Country Director, Suffyan Koroma, said this during the…

With the ongoing harvest season in the country, the monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has projected that inflation would drop in the First Quarter of 2022. Price of food items soared from 2020 through 2021…

Nigerian farmers under the umbrella of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have warned the Federal Government over food shortage and insecurity ravaging the country. They said that despite the various investments and palliative…

Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, says the rising cost of food prices across the country is as a result of the prevalence of insecurity in the country. Magashi said this on Monday at the opening of a retreat for defence…

Despite the drop in inflation from 18.2 percent in March to 18.1 percent in April, Food prices soared in April 2021 as the devaluation of the naira, scarcity of forex, insecurity, banditry, amongst others continue to impede the agricultural…