Tag: Food

Vegetable oils, cereals, and dairy, led the decline, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Abuja had the slowest rise in prices on month-on-month food basis.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) urges President Buhari to order an open and transparent investigation on the matter.

The FAO food price index averaged 118.5 points in March, 2.1 per cent higher than in February and reaching its ...

“We must lay our cards very well, if not we can become slaves in our country.’’

International prices of maize, wheat and rice were either stable or edged up slightly.

The rise is a sombre illustration of the crisis the nation’s food sector has faced, with millions of poor citizens ...

The head of the presidential economic advisory council says Naira should be trading around N439 a dollar at the official ...

Nine million people are already in the first phase of the food crisis, which runs from October 2020 to December ...

Food processing is the sector with the most number of manufacturing jobs in West Africa.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released its September Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report on Wednesday.

UN, in its latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, says 687.8 million people suffered hunger ...

Mr Nanono expressed satisfaction with NAFARL’s acceptance to key into the ministry’s programme, especially mechanization and extension services.

While the full impact of the pandemic on food security is still unknown, it’s likely to take different shapes around ...

The response to these interlinked crises needs to be comprehensive, cross-sectoral and it needs to be rapidly mobilised from national ...

The restriction order is aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Women are also more often responsible for subsistence agricultural production while men are most likely engaged in commercial agricultural production.

Nigeria currently does not participate in the multibillion-dollar global seed trade as a result of lack of a Plant Variety ...

There is suspicion the food was poisoined.

Oil -- palm and vegetable -- are the biggest culprits, followed by cassava, yam and rice.

The minister also spoke on the president’s Independence Day speech.

Some farmers said the reduction in the prices was due to the bumper harvest.

Over 1000 trucks of assorted grains are now on course, delivering the grains intact to beneficiaries, an official said.

Local hunters and soldiers repelled the attackers as residents fled.