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Governor Buni says ”it was high time Yobe state began to take its rich agricultural potential to the next level”.

Mr Dangote wants the government to enforce its decision to cut the importation of tomato-paste to reduce dumping of subsidised paste.

The project includes the promotion of agroforestry and livestock development in the three participating countries.

The five-year plan aims at strengthening the agency to better regulate the sector in Nigeria.

The DFID established that maize is majorly cultivated by poor smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria, who are facing challenges.

The World Bank senior economist says neglect of the agricultural sector has proven to be a disaster and calamity for the Nigerian economy.

The president said foreign currencies should no longer be provided by banks for importation of food items into Nigeria.

The main food system problem for consumers in poor countries is the high price of healthy foods.

Mr Balogun said cocoa, if fully harnessed, would become the second largest foreign exchange earner for Nigeria next to crude oil

Mr Nanono said the institutes are the engine room of growth in the agricultural sector.

“No road, no water, no electricity, no hospital…We are just in the FCT but we have no benefit. Politicians only come during campaigns for elections.”

“Enhancing civic awareness and galvanising wide-ranging supports for the elephants are visibly the practical pathway to tow,” experts said.

“The farms in those areas were completely ravaged because the incident was high and alarming, nothing was left for farmers”.

The official confirmed his readiness to work with the staff to develop the sector.

The IITA chief visited the Oyo State Governor.

The president says his administration has achieved food security.

The summit was organised by a market systems development programme funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID)

According to USAID, the programme will reach at least 5,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The coordinator said the project would promote complete value chain development of oil palm business in the state.

Food vendors had accused officials of the agency of extorting them at control posts

The programme, which was initiated by the FIIRO, has already trained farmers in Abia on modern processing of cassava.

The six states slated to benefit from the project are Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Kogi, Enugu and Cross River.