Outspan Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary company of Olam Group, has stepped up efforts to improve local milk production.

Poultry farmers in Ogun, have called for government intervention in the production of bird feeds in the country.

The Federal Government has solicited for more financial support and opportunities to enhance production, processing and upscaling of investment in the potato value chain.

President Muhammadu Buhari says Africa’s ambition of restoring over 100million hectares of degraded landscape for productive agriculture is achievable.

The Plateau chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has decried the high cost of production of chicken, describing the situation as unbearable.

The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science, has trained farmers from Kano, Jigawa, Katsina and Kaduna States on soil management and conservation, to boost food production.

Kebbi-based Labana Farms Limited has assisted a pastoralists’ community to settle down with its over 20,000 cattle, as part of its efforts to promote peaceful co-existence with farmers and improved economic fortune of the people.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in partnership with Megacorp Nigeria Ltd is considering the use of technology to tackle cattle rustling and farmer/herder clashes in the country.

The Federal Government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) say they will support vulnerable Nigerian farmers affected by insecurity and flood with $1million dollars grant.

The Federal Government in partnership with Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) have begun training of Agricultural Development Project (ADP) staff in the South East and South South zones of the country.

As the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) sets to conduct the National Agricultural Sample Census (NASC) after 28 years, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says it is long overdue.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that the desert locust which is the world’s largest mitigatory crop pest is capable of leading millions of people into food insecurity if left unchecked.

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Storage Products Research Institute (NSPRI), on Tuesday, distributed 190 improved post-harvest storage facilities to farmers’ groups in Oyo state.

Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), said that indigenous scientists have successfully developed insect and drought resistant maize seeds in the country.

The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated helmets and bullet proof vests to the Agro Rangers unit of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operating in the North East.

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, has solicited for more financial support to upscale investments in the agricultural sector.