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Stakeholders Raise Alarm Over Industrial Animal Farming in Nigeria, Urge Caution on $2.5bn JBS Investment

newsnowng7 months ago7 months ago05 mins

Concerned stakeholders in the agriculture, environmental, and public health sectors have cautioned Nigeria against rushing into large-scale industrial animal farming investments without critically assessing their long-term implications. This call was made during a stakeholders’ workshop on the Implications of Industrial Animal Farming in Nigeria, held in Abuja, where participants warned that multinational agribusiness giant, JBS…

Inspire Lagos Food Market Marks One-Year Anniversary with 4-Day Hunger Intervention Program Across Lagos

newsnowng8 months ago8 months ago04 mins

Inspire Lagos Food Market is proud to announce its one-year anniversary, commemorated with a transformative four-day hunger intervention program scheduled to hold from August 19th–22nd, 2025. Themed “Global Standards & Local Action for Ending Hunger and Food Insecurity through Volunteering,” the initiative will span multiple local government areas across Lagos State, directly impacting 10,000 residents…

Civil Society Groups Slam NAFDAC Over Contradictory Statements on GMO Safety

newsnowng8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

By Tracy Ohovwore A coalition of over 80 civil society organisations, researchers, farmers, and advocacy groups has criticised Nigeria’s top food and drug regulatory agency for issuing contradictory statements on the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Environmental Rights Action, and the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance expressed concern over…

World Seed Day 2025 – HOMEF Urges Nigerian Government to Reject UPOV

newsnowng11 months ago11 months ago07 mins

On World Seed Day 2025, HOMEF and allies urge the Nigerian government to reject UPOV 1991 and halt the PVP Law, citing threats to farmers rights, biodiversity, and food sovereignty. They advocate for a sui generis system rooted in Nigerias agricultural reality and developed with full public participation. Read more…

Nigeria’s Prolonged Farmer-Pastoral Conflict Has Reached a Breaking Point

newsnowng11 months ago015 mins

Nigeria’s unexplored $1 billion feed and fodder industry holds the key to peace and economic growth in the face of farmer-herder conflict.

Agriculture

Food Security: Group Demands Women’s Access To Food Processing Infrastructure

newsnowng12 months ago12 months ago03 mins

Food security: Group demands women’s access to food processing infrastructure Uko Okon, Uyo A nongovernmental organisation, the Clement Isong Foundation, has demanded access to food processing infrastructure for women to boost food security in Nigeria, highlighting the crucial role women play in ensuring food security, particularly in rural areas. The Foundation emphasised that women are…

Okpebholo Commences 2025 Farming Season Pledge To Improve Agriculture in Edo

newsnowng12 months ago12 months ago06 mins

Okpebholo Commences 2025 Farming Season Pledge To Improve Agriculture in Edo Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Thursday, flagged off the 2025 farming season in the state, pledging to push the state agricultural sector into one of the leading states in Nigeria. Okpebholo, who was represented by the State Head…

Uniuyo VC, Ndaeyo Offers Solution To Food Insecurity in Nigeria

newsnowng12 months ago12 months ago03 mins

Uniuyo VC, Ndaeyo Offers Solution To Food Insecurity in Nigeria By Uko Okon, Uyo The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Professor Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, has proposed a comprehensive solution to address the perennial issue of food insecurity in Nigeria. Ndaeyo spoke, Thursday, at UNIUYO’s main campus, Nwanaiba, Uyo during the 111th Inaugural Lecture…

Edo Amongst Top Ranked States In Agricultural Production And Business

newsnowng1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Edo Amongst Top Ranked States In Agricultural Production And Business Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City The Edo State deputy governor, Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa has informed us that Senator Monday Okpebholo’s administration has significantly influenced agricultural production through various initiatives in the state. According to a statement made by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Friday Aghedo,…

Agriculture

KARAN Appeals For Support For Ministry Of Livestock Development

newsnowng1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

KARAN Appeals for Support for Ministry of Livestock Development The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently support the Ministry of Livestock Development in getting its office ready. The association decried that nearly eight months after the establishment of this crucial ministry, the renovation of the…