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AFAN: Nigeria Loses 13,000 Tonnes Of Imported Wheat To Poor Storage

In an effort to strengthen collaborations with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security and support the federal government’s food security

Here is New Telegraph’s weekly business news roundup of the top 15  latest Nigerian news making headlines from Monday, January 8 to Saturday, January 13, 2024.

The Federal Government says plans are underway to boost food production in the country through mechanisation. The Minister of Agriculture and Food

The minister said that mechanisation farming was key to agriculture as it would support food production in the country.

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The Federal Government has announced its goal to achieve an estimated 472,000 metric tonnes of wheat production at the conclusion of the wheat production

This will go a long way to boost food security, attract private sector investment, reduce post-harvest losses, as well as add value to local agricultural produce

Kaduna State Chapter of the Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria commended the Federal Government on Sunday in Zaria, Kaduna State, for subsidising inputs for dry season wheat farming.

The chairman of the farmers’ association says many beneficiaries had received alerts for the redemption of the inputs at designated areas in Kaduna State. | Pulse Nigeria