News Report

IITA says innovation marks a major milestone in efforts to accurately characterise whiteflies, the vectors of major diseases that have wreaked havoc on Africa’s cassava crop over decades.

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, QU Dongyu, warned that efforts to control desert locusts will take time.

Over 420 million hectares of forest have been lost through conversions to other land uses since 1990.

The farmers say the response to the pandemic has affected everybody because all activities have slowed down

Tuta Absoluta, also known as Tomato Leafminer or Tomato Ebola, was first recorded in Nigeria in 2015 but has reappeared and ravaging farms across Nigeria

Mr Adesina denies wrongdoing and the Bank’s ethics committee sides with him.

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria has restricted food importation.

The committee will recommend an immediate actionable model of training of 75 ,000 extension workers in 2020.

On average, only 3 per cent of smallholder farmers have access to credit.

Some 7.9 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020, but WFP warns that the coronavirus crisis could double that figure.

Tuta absoluta is one of the most devastating pests affecting tomato crops.

“You have to understand that this country in terms of agricultural mechanization is at the lowest level,” he said.

The official said the council will be working with others to implement “an array of actions to keep the sector breathing in the midst of the crisis”.

The experts speak on the link between environmental degradation, deforestation and disease outbreaks.

The report says major producing countries suffered logistical bottlenecks and a steep fall in demand.

At the peak of the lockdown, one poultry farmer operated at a loss of N87,400 a day.

Mr Hassan is a seasoned banker with over two decades of experience in the banking industry

Poultry farmers say the lockdown and the decline in the purchasing power of Nigerians eroded sales of poultry products such as eggs and broilers.

The food shortages are coming with COVID-19 restrictions as a new factor adding to people’s vulnerability.

The organisation shared its recommendations in a video published on its official Twitter handle Friday.

Mr Nanono said the team will facilitate the unhindered movement of agricultural goods across the nation.

The fish farmers said high cost of a major input would drive up the prices of fish and affect the nutrition of Nigerians