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Lagos Targets 40% Food Self-Sufficiency
Lagos State aims to double the share of its food needs it produces, from about 20% to 40%, under a five-year agriculture roadmap. Speaking for …
15 States Underspent Agric Capital Budgets: COANSA
Fifteen states spent less than half of their approved agriculture capital budgets in 2025, down from 22 in 2023, a coalition of 31 agrifood groups …
Lagos Targets 40% Food Self-Sufficiency
Lagos aims to double the share of its food demand produced within the state, from about 20% to about 40%, under a five-year roadmap, Governor …
Lagos Targets 40% Food Self-Sufficiency
Lagos State aims to produce 40% of the food it consumes, up from about 20% today, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said at the state's World Food …
Shettima Forms Committee to Speed Farm Interventions
Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a technical committee of federal ministries and agencies to fast-track interventions in wheat, other staple crops and livestock. …
Shettima Sets Up Committee on Wheat, Livestock
Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a technical committee to fast-track federal interventions in wheat, other staple crops and livestock. Bank heads, seed and …
FG Sets Up Committee to Boost Wheat
Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a technical committee to speed up wheat, staple crop and livestock production, pulling together three ministries and the …
Lagos Targets 40% Food Self-Sufficiency
Lagos State plans to produce 40% of the food its 22 million residents need, double the current 20%, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said at the state's …
Nigeria Marks 46th World Food Day
Nigeria is marking its 46th World Food Day under the theme "Innovate Today, Nourish Tomorrow", with federal events in Abuja and a Lagos programme drawing …
ACCI Targets $500 Million for Farm Mechanisation
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry is seeking up to $500 million in initial capital commitments for Nigerian agriculture at its first AGROMEQA Expo …
Senate Orders Flood Probe, Compensation for Farmers
The Senate has directed the agriculture ministry to assess flood damage to farmland, crops and livestock and to give emergency grants to farmers who lost …
IMF Warns Food Prices Will Deepen Poverty
he IMF has raised Nigeria's 2026 growth forecast to 4.2% but warned that higher prices for essentials will worsen poverty and food insecurity. Fund officials …
Climate Losses Hit 50% for Some Farmers
Some Nigerian rice farmers lost up to half of their expected harvest this year to flooding and dry spells, agribusiness operators say. Erratic rain, heat …
Lagos Hosts 3,500 Stakeholders
Lagos State will honour about 3,500 farmers, processors and other value chain players at its 2026 World Food Day celebration, with produce and equipment on …
Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Kill 15 Farmers in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed 15 farmers and firewood gatherers in Marte, Borno State, as they tended crops, police said, with three people still missing. …
A $1m Shield for Katsina's Farms
Katsina has launched a $1 million, 12-month project to protect farming communities from floods and drought. Run by Mercy Corps Nigeria, it will build soil …
₦61bn in Credit, 100,000 Farmers Later
A long-running agricultural finance project has channelled ₦61 billion in credit to more than 100,000 farmers across 10 states over eight years, and left behind …
A Shaky Northern Harvest Clouds 2026
Nigeria's food outlook faces renewed pressure as the 2026 harvest nears, with reduced cultivation, insecurity, high input costs and erratic weather threatening the volume of …
Nigeria Joins a Continental Livestock Pact
Nigeria has joined seven other African countries in a pledge to build regional livestock value chains, aiming to close a gap so wide that most …
Africa's Bank Pushes Farms Toward the Market
At the continent's biggest farming forum, the African Development Bank and African ministers argued that emergency food handouts have run their course, and that market-driven …