Hoodlums invaded the cells on Monday and freed several inmates.

The report features 36 countries and it highlights the countries where a simple meal such as rice and beans costs...

''We will ban importation milk in this country because we have 25 million cows in this country, we consume 5...

Decades after being the leader in oil palm production in the world, Nigeria is currently an importer of the product...

The lack of potable water, electricity and other basic amenities is taking huge a toll on the livelihoods of both...

The Nigerian Institute for Oil palm Research (NIFOR), established in 1939, is saddled with the mandate to conduct research into...

The official said the development is at variance with the 10 per cent agreed upon by African Heads of State...

The governor of Jigawa State disclosed this at the presidential villa

Billy Ghansah, its agricultural coordinator, believes that Nigeria's palm oil production has not declined per se.

Prior to the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in the 1970s, Nigeria, now the sixth, was the world’s...

Farmers can now buy at a subsidised rate.

Four companies have been granted permission to import 262,000 tons of the cereal

Nigeria's total trade in agricultural goods in the second quarter of the year stood at N493.7billion, of which exports accounted...

One of Mr Nanono's promises was to revamp agricultural research institutes across the country and promote sectoral growth, food security.

"Attaining food security in Nigeria requires collective and urgent collaborative action amongst all concerned..."

The "New UK-aid support will be used to tackle this year’s unprecedented locust outbreaks across Africa and Asia, where millions...

The project would mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the economy and farmers.

Mr Nanono said the ministry will continue to support investments in science and technology.

The report says people suffering from hunger in these countries could increase from 149 million to 270 million.

Besides being a major public concern, COVID-19 pandemic can also be a serious threat to global food security.

When compared by government administrations in the last two decades, rice paddy production has so far averaged at its highest...

When compared by government administrations in the last two decades, rice paddy production has so far averaged at its highest...

"...unless countries take dramatic steps to curb zoonotic contagions, global outbreaks like COVID-19 will become more prevalent."

The project is aimed at creating “a more efficient dissemination" of cassava stems.