The Federal Government, in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has begun the distribution of agro-processing equipment to small-holder farmers in Nasarawa State, under the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP).

Delta Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Godfrey Enita, on Thursday expressed concern over the extent of damage wrought by flood on rice farm in the state.

The Federal Government says, multinational companies now use about 40 percent of sorghum grits as adjuncts (unmalted cereals and sugar) for the production of their products.

Stakeholders, especially farmers in the South-South, have called on the Federal Government to urgently build more silos across the states to reduce annual post-harvest losses in the agriculture sector.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), on Thursday, distributed starter packs, worth N1.5 million, to 30 farmers in South East to increase Rice Production in the country.

The Chairman of Kafur Local Government Area in Katsina State, Alhaji Garba Kanya, has confirmed that a heavy down pour accompanied by ice pellets has destroyed more than 300 farms in eight communities in the area.

The Federal Government will progressively produce Sorghum toward meeting the country’s food and industrial demand in the face of climate change and insecurity.

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has launched a Post-Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (Post-SADTS) for 50 women and youths in Ebonyi.

The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has called on the Federal and State Governments to provide more grants to farmers to boost food production and end hunger.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says the Federal Government is working to ensure Nigeria becomes the largest producer of wheat in Africa.

Alhaji Jafaru Illelah, Programme Manager, Bauchi State Agricultural Development Programme (BSADP) has advised farmers to imbibe global best practices to reduce post-harvest losses and boost food security.

Some beneficiaries of the input support under the World Bank’s Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus programme (CARES), said the intervention would contribute in boosting agricultural productivity.

Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency, REA, has officially launched the Africa Minigrids Program, AMP, to support access to clean energy by increasing the financial viability, and promoting scaled-up commercial investment, in renewable energy mini-grids.

The Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) programme, a Word Bank assisted-project, has bought solar-powered water pumps, worth N33 million, for distribution to farmers in Kano State.

Economic experts have identified agriculture as the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy providing employment to over 60 per cent of the population.

The Federal Government on Thursday put the economic cost of post-harvest losses at N3.5 trillion annually in the Agricultural sector.