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Friday, June 24, 2022
Center on Adaptation to help smallholder farmers enhance food security - NaijaAgroNet
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) has said its providing technical advisory support to a new World Bank’s investment project in Ethiopia valued at $600 million to increase the resilience of food systems and preparedness for food insecurity, reports NaijaAgroNet.
As a result of climate change, smallholder farmers in Ethiopia are suffering from greater variability and extreme weather events, increased temperature and declining rainfall in a country where 85 percent of farmers are depended on rain-fed agriculture. Ethiopia is currently in the middle of one of the worst droughts for 50 years which follows 12 to 18 months of erratic and failed rains which have dried up many water sources. The war in Ukraine and subsequent rising wheat, fuel and fertilizer costs are also worsening the country’s food crisis.
GCA, AfDB join forces to scale up access to climate-smart technologies - NaijaAgroNet
The Global Center for Adaptation (GCA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) have advanced plans to scale up access to climate-smart digital technologies in Africa, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Monday, June 13, 2022
Makinde inspects 6 PHCs, pledges to pay insurance fees for 1,500 enrollees
The Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Friday, commissioned the Renal Dialysis Unit, High Dependency Unit and the Diabetes Screening and Treatment Centre built inside the Adeoyo State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Behavioral Health: Tranquil & Quest brings facility to Lekki - NaijaAgroNet
The Tranquil and Quest (TQ) Behavioral Health Limited, has brought state-of-the-art mental health facility to Lagos as the new office opens at Lekki, Igbo Efon of the state, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Friday, June 3, 2022
Friday, May 27, 2022
NLNG delegates @2022 World Gas Congress - NaijaAgroNet
A delegation of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) participated in the 2022 World Gas Congress in South Korea, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Free delivery for Konga Food customers - NaijaAgroNet
Konga Food is equally introducing the fastest delivery times in the online food delivery segment in Nigeria, in addition to a host of freebies and other incentives.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
NLNG is most supportive taxpayer says FIRS - NaijaAgroNet
The Nigeria LNG Limited has been recognised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as its most Supportive Tax Payer, reports NaijaAgroNet.
This recognition was conveyed via a Press Release issued by the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami, in which he commended the 20 top-performing taxpayers whose compliances to tax obligations helped the service surpass its N6 trillion tax collection target in 2021.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Russio-Ukraine war: IFAD launches response to protect world’s rural poor - NaijaAgroNet
The United Nation (UN's) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has launched a Crisis Response Initiative to ensure that small-scale farmers in high-risk countries can produce food over the next few months to feed their families and communities while reducing the threat to future harvests, reports NaijaAgroNet.
“The disruption to global markets is shaking food systems to the core,” said Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD. “This is particularly alarming for countries already grappling with the impacts of climate change and COVID-19, where more people are likely to be pushed further into poverty and hunger. IFAD’s new initiative will help protect livelihoods and markets so that the most vulnerable people can continue to feed their families and communities, and thrive for a better future.”Post-3rd Biennial Review: AAAN boss tasks Nigeria on infrastructure development - NaijaAgroNet
The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), Ms Ene Obi, has called for improved infrastructure investment to pave way for adequate and timely movement of agriculture produce nationwide, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Speaking at the National Dialogue & Dissemination on Nigeria’s Performance at the 3rd Biennial Review Exercise on the Implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development (CAADP), on Wednesday at Hawthorn Suites, Abuja in her welcome address, Ene, said, improved investment on infrastructure has become imperative especially in the agriculture sector to reduce number of wastages and increase preservations.
No food security without healthy plants says FAO - ITREALMS
“On this very first International Day of Plant Health, we will reflect on plant health innovations for food security,” said FAO Director-General QU Dongyu in his opening remarks, adding that investments are needed in research, capacity development and outreach. “We need to continue raising the global profile of plant health to transform agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable.”
IFAD-funded project to help preserve Amazonian forest - NaijaAgroNet
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of the State of Maranhão signed a financing agreement today for the implementation of the Amazon Sustainable Management Project (PAGES). Implemented in Brazil’s state with the highest poverty and food insecurity rates, the project will address the entrenched environmental degradation of the Amazonian forest.The total project cost is US$ 37 million, of which IFAD will contribute with a grant of US$ 17 million, provided by the Government of Germany through the Enhanced Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP+). The Government of Maranhão will contribute $ 16 million, and the beneficiaries will provide in-kind contributions of $ 4 million.
Monday, May 16, 2022
ActionAid to host national NSAs on dissemination strategies for 3rd CAADP BR report - NaijaAgroNet
The ActionAid Nigeria in collaboration with stakeholders is set to host the Non-State Actors (NSA) to a two-day review session on adequate dissemination of the third CAADP Biennial Review (BR), reports NaijaAgroNet.
Senegal frontlines global climate challenge - NaijaAgroNet
Senegal is on the front lines of the global climate challenge and will play a critical role in leading Africa’s response, Patrick Verkooijen – CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation said in closing remarks in Dakar, after meeting President Macky Sall on Friday.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
AUDA-NEPA gets new CEO - NaijaAgroNet.
ITU set for 'digital technologies for older person...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
University of Agric Awba-Ofemili: House of Reps hold public hearing - NaijaAgroNet
Monday, March 28, 2022
Tough choices for drought-affected families - NaijaAgroNet
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Agrobiz sector to benefit from 9PSB digital services - NaijaAgroNet
Friday, March 18, 2022
Photospeak: Shell's Group VP joins replanting project @Ogoniland - NaijaAgroNet
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Digital revolution: UN report points main obstacles - NaijaAgroNet
The United Nations (UN) has identified that the digital revolution currently underway in Sub-Saharan Africa offers enormous potential for economic growth and agricultural productivity.
Coastal countries benefit from fast internet, thanks to undersea cables, and 4G mobile networks are expanding rapidly across the continent. Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is referred to as the "Silicon Savannah" of Africa because of its buzzing digital economy.
Monday, March 14, 2022
Unprecedented acute hunger looms @Yemen - NaijaAgroNet
Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the population coping with emergency levels of hunger, UN agencies have warned.
The humanitarian situation in the country is poised to get even worse between June and December 2022, with the number of people who likely will be unable to meet their minimum food needs in Yemen possibly reaching a record 19 million people in that period, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF alerted, following today’s release of a new Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) analysis on Yemen.
Monday, March 7, 2022
NLNG reconstructs, commissions historic Consulate on Bonny Island - NaijaAgroNet
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has commissioned the Bonny Consulate Building, a 19th-century historic landmark in Bonny Kingdom that was reconstructed as part of plans to boost tourism in the kingdom, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The consulate building commissioned last weekend, was the seat of the British colonial administration in 1897, with a district commissioner and other administrative offices. In 2019, NLNG flagged off the construction of the building to restore the memory of the ancient monument.
General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Mr. Andy Odeh in a press statement available to NaijaAgroNet, informed that the building accommodates an FM radio station, office for the King of Bonny, a library, museum, café, cinema, conference hall, seminar/exhibition hall, souvenir shop, utilities, and visitors’ centre.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Malnutrition: Cognito powder gets SON's MANCAP - NaijaAgroNet
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has awarded the Mandatory Conformity Assessment (MANCAP) certification to the Cognito brand, reports ITREALMS.
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AUDA-NEPAD commemorates 7th African Day of school feeding with implementation guidelines - NaijaAgroNet
The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD has launched the Guidelines for Design and Implementation of Home-Grown School Feeding for the continent.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
MeCAM applauds FAO, WFP, Germany partnership on diet for school children - NaijaAgroNet
Monday, February 28, 2022
AU to unveil 3rd CAADP Biennial Review Report in March – NaijaAgroNet
A date has been proclaimed for the formal launch of the much awaited 3rd CAADP Biennial Review (BR) Report to be virtually held on 10th March 2022, at 15h00 East Africa Time (EAT), reports NaijaAgroNet.The Biennial Review Report, NaijaAgroNet gathered, is a powerful instrument for advocacy at the continental, regional and national levels for triggering the necessary policy actions for agricultural transformation in Africa by 2025.
Friday, February 25, 2022
$130m required to battle drought-hit regions in Africa - NaijaAgroNet
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has revealed that $130 million is urgently needed to provide time-critical assistance to 1.5 million highly vulnerable people in communities within drought-hit regions of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, reports NaijaAgroNet.FAO revealed this to NaijaAgroNet in its new Horn of Africa Drought Response Plan, saying this will support the production of up to 90 million litres of milk and up to 40 000 tonnes of staple food crops in the first part of 2022.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Germany lifts Horn of Africa with €20m to avert hunger - NaijaAgroNet
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) last weekend welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response to the drought emergency.
The funding, NaijaAgroNet gathered aims at supporting lives and livelihoods of most severely drought-affected farmers and herders.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Shell reiterates commitment to lower CO2 emissions in Nigeria - NaijaAgroNet
Nigeria’s leading energy company, Shell, has reiterated its commitment to supporting efforts to help the country meet its lower carbon emission target.
Mr. Osagie Okunbor, MD Shell |
FAO, WFP collabo on children’s right to food in schools - NaijaAgroNet
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a project to improve the diet of school-aged children, with support from the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), reports NaijaAgroNet.
In many countries, NaijaAgroNet gathered that school meals represent a significant portion of children’s daily diets, and it is vital that these directly contribute to their nutrition needs.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Drought in Horn of Africa worries FAO, Germany - NaijaAgroNet
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response to the drought emergency.
An extended, multi-season drought is driving acute food insecurity across the region, with 12 to 14 million people now on the brink of starvation as crops continue to wither and animals weaken. The situation is further exacerbated by escalating resource-based conflicts as competition for water and pasturelands increases, the COVID-19 pandemic and lingering consequences of a large-scale locust invasion.
Monday, February 21, 2022
Tael: Being nutrition agent your community needs - ITREALMS
Breaking stereotypes, Tael proudly stands as a male role model for nutrition in his community
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Strengthening Competitiveness In Africa's agricultural value chain using smart technologies - ITREALMS
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global value chains (GVCs) by interrupting transportation and logistics frameworks, supply and production mechanisms, and demand and consumption patterns. On the pandemic onset, movement and trade restrictions were imposed by most African countries to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agricultural extension and advisory services also confronted substantial disruptions due to limited movement.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Non-State actors to govt: See BR as unique opportunity – NaijaAgroNet
Agriculture Non-State Actors (NSAs) have urged governments at all levels, especially in Nigeria to use the unique opportunity provided by the Biennial Review to take stock of progress on sectoral transformation, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Ms Constance Okeke of ActionAid International |
Pre-BR3 release: Nigeria needs massive investment in agriculture - NaijaAgroNet
As the continent prepares to welcome the third biennial review (BR) report by the African heads of government, Nigeria has been urged to invest massively in agriculture, reports NaijaAgroNetThe Non-State Actors (NSA) who spoke at the just ended pre-3rd Biennial Review (BR) exercise on the implementation of Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) in Abuja at the weekend hosted by a consortium led by Action Aid, enjoined Nigeria to leverage the fact that Mr President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, retired, has signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to boost her investment in agriculture.
Monday, February 7, 2022
Energy infrastructure: Accolades for Shell @NMDPRA - NaijaAgroNet
The Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, said Nigeria needs accelerated gas infrastructure to deepen domestic gas distribution across Nigeria.
Cassava Technologies names Durvasula, CEO of Data Centres - NaijaAgroNet
Thursday, February 3, 2022
National Assembly pledges support for NNPC frontier exploration - NaijaAgroNet
Monday, January 31, 2022
CS-SUNN supports 3 more states to domesticate NCFN - NaijaAgroNet
The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has supported three states in the latest efforts to domesticate the National Committee on Food and Nutrition (NCFN) Terms of Reference for operationalization at the states, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Right standards create right incentives says CDB boss, Mrema - NaijaAgroNet
The Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, has asserted that right standards create the right incentives, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Elizabeth Mrema |
Friday, January 28, 2022
Experts: Voluntary sustainability standards to protect biodiversity - NaijaAgroNet
Experts have declared that voluntary sustainability standards could play a bigger role in conserving the planet’s resources and strengthen the new post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

The global community is failing to meet the scale of the biodiversity crisis that threatens to wipe out over 1 million animal and plant species, putting our economies, food security and health at risk.
NCC-CSIRT identifies two cyber vulnerabilities - ITREALMs
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Kigali set for APAC continent wide gathering - NaijaAgroNet
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Buhari launches 13 rice pyramids - NaijaAgroNet
Buhari made these calls on Tuesday in Abuja noted that the growing food production in the country, especially the expansion in rice farming, will bring down prices of food, thereby making it more affordable for all.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Lagos CS-SUNN commences week-long workshop on 'winning proposals' - NaijaAgroNet
Disclosing this, the chapter coordinator, Dr. Mrs Modupe Akinyinka, said the exercise would hold for qualifying members only with the theme: Writing grant winning proposals.
Friday, January 14, 2022
NLNG approves 100% LPG production into Nigeria market - NaijaAgroNet
FRA: Most comprehensive assessments of forestry says FAO – NaijaAgroNet
The Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) has been described as the most authoritative and comprehensive assessment of forests and forestry, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The latest of these assessments (FRA 2020),
NaijaAgroNet gathered, contains detailed regional and global analyses for 236 countries and territories to meet the needs of the diverse stakeholders: private and public sectors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the media, academia, etc.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Forest data gets $7m to enhance accuracy, accessibility - NaijaAgroNet
In order to make forestry more sustainable and resilient, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Finland have signed an agreement to enhance the capacity of countries in forest resources and data management especially in Africa worth $7 million, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The agreement, NaijaAgroNet gathered is coming from multi-donor project to be implemented jointly by the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment and National Forest Monitoring teams over a period of four years, with an initial $2,3 million contribution provided by Finland.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
FAO, Finland scale up technical innovation to help African countries - NaijaAgroNet
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Finland have signed an agreement to enhance the capacity of countries in forest resources and data management especially in Africa, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The $7 million multi-donor project will be implemented jointly by the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment and National Forest Monitoring teams over a period of four years, with an initial $2,3 million contribution provided by Finland.