Feeding a great nation

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Nigeria: Stakeholders Decry Under-Exploitation of Agric Business *
Stakeholders among agric-entrepreneurs have lamented the
underutilisation of the potentials of the agric sector, saying many of
the white-collar jobs seeking unemployed graduates are not aware of
its prospects.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Stakeholders Decry Under-Exploitation of Agric Business (Page 1 of 2)

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Nigeria: World Bank-Aided Agric Project Urged to Target More
Women, Youth *
The Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) has been urged
to target more women and youth in its intervention programmes,
Permanent Secretary, Kano State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Alhaji Muhammad Dankade Ibrahim, has said.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: World Bank-Aided Agric Project Urged to Target More Women, Youth

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Nigeria: FG, Nine States Agree to Plant 450,000 Metric Tons of Rice *
The Federal Government and nine states governments have agreed to
jointly mobilise thousands of rice farmers to plant the crop on
230,000 hectares of farmland to produce 450,000 metric tons of paddy
rice through irrigation in the forthcoming dry season to improve
Nigeria's food sufficiency
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: FG, Nine States Agree to Plant 450,000 Metric Tons of Rice


* Nigeria: Nigeria's Increased Production Boosts 2013 Global Rice
Forecast *
Due to increased rice output in Nigeria and Ghana, global rice
production for 2012 is forecast to outpace consumption in 2012/13,
resulting in an upward revision of 5 million tonnes in 2013 closing
inventories, according to a new forecast by the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO).
allAfrica.com: Nigeria's Increased Production Boosts 2013 Global Rice Forecast

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Young farmers should determine Nigeria's food security - The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper

[emmanuel ewumi]

Originally Posted by hispy99

Young farmers should determine Nigeria's food security - The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper

Do you think Nigeria is food secure?

Currently, Nigeria is not, they import about 90 per cent of the food we eat. Nigeria is the net importer of rice in the world, we should be able to grow our own rice, but to be fair to the government both at the state level and federal level, they are making some moves to encourage that. The world is running out of viable land, running out of water and the population continues to grow; we have to find more productive ways of growing our food worldwide and Nigeria. First of all, the government should provide the right incentive, get infrastructure to make farming attractive to young people. We should get our young unemployed back to farming.



What are the setbacks in the agric sector?

I think government needs to get rid of a lot of the bureaucratic impediments, address infrastructural environment in which the farmers can operate and also cut out the middle man. Also, if the government wants to get out of the business of agriculture, they have to empower the agricultural sector to make it an economically sustainable activity.




Do you think Nigeria can be exporters of tomatoes in the future?

Yes, in fact all the states that we have tested have passed all the European standards. In Kenya now, they are exporting tomatoes to Europe and Nigeria can do the same.

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Ogun gives youth conditions to access agric loans — The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper

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Experts advise govt on food security — The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper

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Nigeria: Adamawa Procures 60 Trucks of Fertiliser for Flood Victims *
Adamawa Government says it has procured 60 trucks of fertiliser for
distribution to farmers affected by the recent flooding in the state.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Adamawa Procures 60 Trucks of Fertiliser for Flood Victims

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Nigeria: Kwankwaso Unveils Commercial Agric Project *
Kano state Governor, Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso has introduced Commercial
Agriculture Development Programme, (CADP), a World Bank supported
project that is expected to boost commercial agriculture in the state
and enable its farmers make profits as well.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Kwankwaso Unveils Commercial Agric Project

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Govt advocates private sector involvement in agric - The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper

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Nigeria: 'Bag of Rice May Cost N30, 000 Next Year' *
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS)
Ken Ukaoha has said that the combined duty of 110 percent on imported
rice as provided in the 2013 budget proposals may be devastating in
view of the recent flood disaster and can lead to a 50kg of rice
costing N30, 000.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: 'Bag of Rice May Cost N30, 000 Next Year'

Nigeria: N1.7 Billion Worth of Rice Smuggled Into Nigeria Monthly -
Rice Millers *
Stakeholders in the rice milling and distribution chain in Nigeria
have raised an alarm over what they described as increasing wave of
smuggling of the commodity into the country, worth as much as
N1.7billion monthly.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201212040266.html

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Nigeria: 10,000 Kano Farmers to Benefit From CADP Programmes *
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has launched the Commercial
Agriculture Development Programme (CADP) 'Initiative 5-3-3-5' and
distribution of cheques worth about N35 million to service providers
under the scheme.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: 10,000 Kano Farmers to Benefit From CADP Programmes

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Nigeria: Food Items Prices Soar As Yuletide Approaches *
A survey conducted in major markets in the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT), on Saturday indicates a slight increase in the prices of food
commodities.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Food Items Prices Soar As Yuletide Approaches

Hmmm...............O well I guess it is that time of the Year.......To make a buck or too b4 2013

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MFBs, corporative societies in talk over N600bn NIRSAL fund

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Nigeria: AfDB Lends Nation U.S.$650 Million for Agric Development *
Africa Development Bank (AfDB) would be lending Nigeria a total sum of
$650 to be made available to small and medium scale enterprises in the
agriculture value chain, Country Program Officer of the bank's field
office in Nigeria, Peter Sturheit said the bank would be giving two
loans, $500 million to the bank of Industry (BoI) and $150 million to
the Nigeria Export and Import bank (NEXIM).
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: AfDB Lends Nation U.S.$650 Million for Agric Development

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Nigeria: Under-Rating Food Challenges *
IF providing food is about talking, Nigerians would have no
problems meeting their needs whether in 2013 or years to come.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
has been issuing assurances since the floods that there would be no
food shortage.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Under-Rating Food Challenges

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Nigeria: FG Establishes 80 Agro-Input Centres *
The federal government, under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda
(ATA), has established a network of one-stop-shop agro-input centres
to ensure the availability, accessibility and affordability of
agricultural inputs, as well as serve as singular access point for
input and market for small scale farmers.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: FG Establishes 80 Agro-Input Centres

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Report identifies threats to small-scale food production — The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper

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Rice Smuggling Intensifies as Yuletide Beckons , Articles | THISDAY LIVE

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Nigeria seeks $1.5bn loan from China for rice and cassava | 247 Nigeria News Update