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By Israel Adebiyi Concerns over Nigeria’s deepening food crisis took centre stage on Thursday as leading environmental and policy voices warned that hunger in the country is less about food shortages and more about power, culture, and systemic inequality. At a high-level session of the Sustain-Ability Academy on Food, Power and the Politics of Hunger,…
As global leaders converge on Cartagena, Colombia, for the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20) scheduled for February 24 to 26, the Stop Financing Factory Farming (S3F) Campaign has called for an immediate end to public financing of industrial livestock production. The coalition is urging governments and multilateral development banks to redirect…
Environmental and food rights advocates have warned that climate change, growing corporate influence and weak regulation are putting Nigeria’s food culture, public health and farmers’ livelihoods at serious risk. Speaking at a national convergence and food festival organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), climate and extractive governance expert, Olamide Martins of Corporate…
By Katherine Abayomi Farmers in Ogoniland are turning to indigenous micro-organic fertilizers to revive degraded soils and reduce the heavy dependence on chemical inputs, following a hands-on agroecology training aimed at restoring the region’s environment and supporting climate-smart agriculture. The practical session, organised by the Lekeh Development Foundation with funding support from the Agroecology Fund,…
The Edo State Government is in the final stages of passing a bill to establish the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), a strategic initiative aimed at improving rural road connectivity and enhancing access to agricultural markets across the state. This was disclosed during a one-day stakeholders’ consultation meeting held in Benin City, organized…
In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s vision for food sovereignty, the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI), a cornerstone of Nigeria’s food security strategy, is advancing efforts to secure a resilient and uninterrupted supply of fertilizer to Nigerian farmers. As it enters a new phase, PFI 3.0 is laying the foundation for a stable supply of raw…
Residents of Baga, a community in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, have presented gifts of farm produce including onion, watermelon and smoked fish to Governor Babagana Zulum to appreciate his bold effort of resettling them back home in their town over the last three years. According to the residents, the resettlement of Baga…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has directed the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU) to fast-track the disbursement of the Federal Government’s ₦250 billion credit support for smallholder farmers at a single-digit interest rate. He gave the directive during the sixth meeting of the PFSCU Steering Committee, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice President…
Stakeholders have warned Nigeria on toying with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) food, asking the government to determine the model of agriculture to embrace. They raised the alarm they allowing genetically modified organisms without proper checks would undermine the nation’s food sovereignty. The stakeholders while advocating for the ban of GMOs in the country at the…
By Tracy Ohovwore Dr Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has cautioned that Nigeria’s embrace of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) threatens the country’s food sovereignty, biodiversity, and cultural heritage. Delivering a keynote address at the National Symposium on GMOs held on 1 September 2025, Bassey argued that the root…