AfDB, IITA Sign €5m Deal for 40m Farmers to Boost Agriculture The African Development Bank Group has signed an agreement with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to finance Phase II of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation programme. The TAAT programme is a core component...

Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta         The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...

IITA, 2 others sign Pact to promote cassava seed system The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and two other organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build and promote cassava seed system in the country. The other organisations are the National Root Crops...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said that food worth at least N3 billion is being consumed daily by 22 million residents of Lagos State, representing N1.095 trillion spent on food items annually in the state. Meantime, Vice President of Dangote Group, Sanni...