After nearly a year of brutal civil war between rival militaries in Sudan, food production has been hit and communities face acute shortage of other essential resources such as water and fuel. The post UN raises alarm over famine in Sudan appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Powered by WPeMatico
Food insecurity: CBN announces allocation of 2.15m bags of fertilizers worth over N100bn
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced the allocation of 2.15 million bags of fertilizers worth over N100 billion to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso disclosed this during his recent visit to Abubakar Kyari, the minister of agriculture and food security in Abuja. He noted that the […]
New players in the agric space: Implications for food security and inflation, By ‘Tope Fasua
Many agritech companies still play as middlemen and aggregators. Some of them are the middlemen who dictate the prices in the markets. They detest the idea of commodity boards, but we must keep reminding them that our farmers need protection and cooperatives have always operated at that level and must be given a chance to […]
At PUNCH’s 50th anniversary lecture, Soyinka echoes call for decentralisation
“We speak about food hunger because it is real. But palliatives are temporary stop-gap policies. They do not reach the heart of the problem. This is why we need to decentralise development as massively as possible,” Mr Soyinka said. The post At PUNCH’s 50th anniversary lecture, Soyinka echoes call for decentralisation appeared first on Premium […]
