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Yves here. It’s disturbing to see how far the influence of the Gates Foundation extends. And worse, it too regularly stands for what the sort of leading edge [neoliberal] conventional wisdom that McKinsey regularly promotes. This post described how the much hyped green revolution, instead of increasing output, has resulted in environmental degradation and exposure to toxic substances even as the number of underfed increased. Since the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was launc...

BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 2021 (IPS) - Since the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was launched in 2006, yields have barely risen, while rural poverty remains endemic, and would have increased more if not for out-migration. AGRA was started, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, to double yields and incomes for 30 million smallholder farm households while halving food insecurity by 2020. Timothy A. WiseThere are no signs o...

We’ll ensure potato value chain achieves full potential — FG On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As agribusiness continues to receive a boost as the nation’s new economic lifeline, the Federal Government, yesterday, assured full realisation of potential in the potato value chain. This assurance was made by the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture, Hajia Karima Babangida, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at ‘The Potato Value Chain Stakeholders Meeting on Adoption a...

6 min read Cassava is one of the most important food crops in Nigeria. It feeds majority of the country’s population, yet, the country has never had enough of it and the prices of derived products such as garri, fufu, cassava flour, have always remained upwards. Things have gone worse with Nigeria’s inflation reaching the highest levels in years lately. Food inflation reached a 15-year high in February. Benjamin Okoye, who holds a doctorate in Agric. Economics, and is the Ch...

Fayemi inaugurates farmers, herders peace committee in Ekiti Fayemi inaugurates farmers, herders peace committee in Ekiti Share In a bid to foster peaceful co-existence among the various ethnic nationalities resident in Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi has inaugurated a peace committee tagged Ekiti State Farmers-Herders Peace Committee. The governor, while inaugurating them charged members of the committee to work closely with various communities, traditional rulers and security agencies to...

Ugwuanyi Farmers in Enugu State under the aegis of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his administration’s giant strides in the agricultural sector especially in ensuring food security in the state in spite of the daunting challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The farmers expressed delight at the support and achievements of Ugwuanyi’s administration in the sector, such as “the provision of seed inputs, infrastructure and mechaniz...

Farmers in Enugu State, under All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), have commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his administration’s efforts in the agricultural sector, especially in ensuring food security in the state in spite of the daunting challenges posed by COVID-19. The farmers expressed delight at the support of the administration in the sector, such as “the provision of seed inputs, infrastructure and mechanisation for over 11,000 farmers under the FADAMA III Additional Finan...

By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, Jan. 12, 2021 Farmers in Enugu State have expressed satisfaction with the giant strides of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the agricultural sector which has ensured food security in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Chief Romanus Eze, made the commendation in a statement issued to newsmen in Enugu on Monday. Eze said that the state government provided seed inputs, infrastructure and mechanization for over 11,...

Oluchi Chibuzor, in this report writes that the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute’s free distribution of 100 hermetic drums will significantly reduce post-harvest losses in the country With post-harvest losses in the country currently estimated at about N3.4 trillion based on the statistic released by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Nigeria’s drive at meeting key international treaties like Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 3 across the coun...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Mrs. Adebutu died on Saturday, January 9 in Lagos State. Reacting, Tinubu expressed sadness over the death of Mrs Adebutu. In a letter to the billionaire lotto magnate and issued by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu said: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of your beloved wife, Mrs. Rosemary Adebutu. By way of this letter, please accept my heartfelt condolences. “The passing of our loved ones is always painful and difficult to live with. We mus...