U.S. Announces Project to Improve Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the cocoa value chain in Nigeria. The U.S. consulate said in a statement...

Presidency Spends N34bn On Food, Travels In Six Years   The Presidency’s budgetary allocations for food and travels hit N34bn in six years, according to data obtained from the appropriation bills of the Federal Government within the period under review. A total of N5.16bn was spent on...

In Six Months, Food Imports Gulped $1.04bn - CBN       The foreign exchange supplied by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the importation of food products into Nigeria rose by 23.81 per cent to $1.04bn in the first half of this year, compared to the same...

'Nigeria Second Poorest In Food Affordability'       A new report by the Institute of Development Studies, a UK-based think tank, has placed Nigeria as the second poorest country in the world in terms of food affordability. The report, which was compiled through a publicly available global cost-of-living...

The Food Matter, By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta     Putting food on the table is a duty of great importance to heads of households, their dependents who consume it, and governments that facilitate its abundant production, efficient distribution and availability at affordable retail prices. For these reasons,...

Food Prices Rose In September - NBS         Food prices rose in September according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS disclosed this in its ‘Selected food price watch data’ for the month of September 2020. The report said the average price of one dozen of agric...