IFC Approves $35m For Food Security In Africa   The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is offering a $35 million financing package to Jubaili Agrotec, a Nigeria-based agrochemicals manufacturer and distributor, to increase smallholder farmers’ access to key input and boost food production to strengthen food security...

Fed Govt Plans $100bn Nigerian-Brazil Initiative On Economy, Food Security   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government will soon unfold the $100bn Green Imperative Nigeria-Brazil Bilateral Development Programme designed to sustain the economy through agricultural mechanisation. He stated that the initiative would make...

CBN Disburses N1.487trn To Boost Food Security       The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed N1.487 trillion under its various agricultural programmes to boost food security. Its Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this known while presenting the communiqué on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in...

Enhancing Agritech Innovations For Food Security and Youth Empowerment By Inyene Ibanga         Agriculture has undergone rapid transformation, from the era of the industrial revolution, when farmers depended on manual labour to carry out their operations. Direct labour was deployed during the process of clearing the land,...

LCCI Concerned About Food Security, Inflation As Floods Hit States       With food inflation already spiralling out of control, thus putting pressure on disposable income of many households, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has expressed concern over the recent incidents of flooding in...

Global Change Affecting Food Security, Nutrition — Report   The 2018 Global Food Policy Report released recently, said the inadequacy of responses to recent food crises has revealed the need to redesign the global food and agricultural governance system to address problems that countries cannot manage...