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Nigerian government is proposing just 1.8 per cent of the 2022 budget for agriculture, significantly short of the Maputo Declaration ...

The Participation Initiative for Behavioral Change in Development (PIBCID) in partnership with ActionAid, has called on relevant stakeholders in

The Participation Initiative for Behavioral Change in Development (PIBCID) in partnership with ActionAid, has called on relevant stakeholders in the

The Participation Initiative For Behavioural Change in Development, PIBCID, and Actionaid Nigeria through Scaling up Public Investment Agriculture,

Experts move to end malnutrition Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has raised the alarm over the worsening state of food security in the country. x It stressed the need for urgent measures to protect the most vulnerable, keep the national agricultural supply chains functional and efficient, and mitigate the food security impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. FAO country representative, Fred Kafero, who spoke at the ongoing 44th meeting of the National Coun...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Bauchi State Public Finance for Agriculture Budget Committee on Friday appealed to the state government to employ about 1,000 agricultural extension workers to ensure the attainment of food security and zero hunger in the state. The appeal was made by the chairperson of the committee, Mrs Tabawa Atiku, at a press briefing on the findings from the analysis of the state’s 2021 approved agricultural budget organized by the Small Scale Women Farmers Organization i...

The former Governor spoke at the commissioning of the flyover at Pen Cinema. Ambode started the project. Tinubu complained that the ship of state was “heading in the wrong direction” and had to be steadied. The APC stalwart explained it was the reason political leaders endorsed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat. Tinubu said the duo have not disappointed, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the End SARS riots. The politician hailed the Lagos cabinet; he described them “great per...

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state and the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, on Friday held a closed door meeting with two

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday disclosed that he tested positive for COVID-19. He revealed this for the first time while speaking in

• FG earmarks 1.73% against 10% Maputo declaration • Failure to boost sector spells doom, ex-PAN boss warns Allocations by federal and state governments to agriculture in 2021 have fallen below five per cent, less than half way into the bottom line agreed to at the Maputo and Malabo declarations, signed by the Federal Government in 2003 and 2014. The extant declarations recommend a minimum of 10 per cent of total public budgets to the sector to enhance food production and wealth creation, a...