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Digital platforms, apps, and tech in food systems
IITA Advocates Reforms to Boost Nigeria's Yam Production as Sector Faces Declining Competitiveness
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria's yam sector, advocating improved seed systems, mechanisation, and post-harvest technology to reverse …
Federal Government Launches Bela Dam and Kaukau Drip Irrigation Projects in Kano and Jigawa States
The Federal Government has flagged off major water infrastructure projects across Kano and Jigawa states, including the Bela Dam and Kaukau Drip Irrigation system, targeting …
Nigeria Deploys 2,000 Tractors in Largest Agricultural Mechanisation Programme in Africa
The Federal Government has commenced the phased deployment of 2,000 heavy-capacity tractors and over 9,000 precision implements under the Renewed Hope National Agricultural Mechanisation Programme, …
₦1.5 Billion Dam, 500 Youth Trained in Drip Irrigation: Inside the Federal Push to Make Kano a Year-Round Food Hub
The Federal Government has flagged off the ₦1.5bn Bela Dam in Kano and launched a drip irrigation training programme for 500 youth in Jigawa. Kano …
100,000 Nigerian Farmers Are About to Get Weekly Weather Advice on Their Phones. Could It Move the Needle on Food Prices?
NiMet, Tomorrow.io and MTN have launched a pilot digital climate advisory that will deliver weekly SMS-based planting and harvesting guidance to 100,000 smallholder farmers across …