CARF-FSD launches nationwide survey to assess impact of zero import tariff on Nigeria’s rice sector - NaijaAgroNet

The Competitive African Rice Forum for Sustainable Development (CARF-FSD), serving as the national chapter of the ECOWAS Rice Observatory in Nigeria, has officially launched a nationwide impact assessment survey to evaluate the operational effects of the Federal Government's Zero Import Tariff policy on the country’s rice value chain, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The survey targets primary stakeholders across the agribusiness ecosystem, including smallholder farmers, commercial millers, processors, seed producers, distributors, and agro-dealers; to collect first-hand field data on how the temporary duty exemption is altering market dynamics, local production capacity, and food security.

AFRACA-NIRSAL masterclass opens in Lagos, builds financial institutions’ capacity for climate, AI-driven agricultural finance - NaijaAgroNet

The African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA), in partnership with NIRSAL Plc, has convened finance professionals from across Africa for a week-long Masterclass in Lagos focused on inclusive climate finance and artificial intelligence integration for agricultural lending, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The capacity-building initiative brings together delegates from central banks, commercial banks, development finance institutions, microfinance banks, and insurance companies across Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kenya.

UCH Ibadan fortifies critical care with state-of-the-art Liquid Oxygen plant - NaijaAgroNet

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has taken a major step toward bolstering its critical care infrastructure with the commissioning of a new, state-of-the-art Liquid Oxygen (LOX) plant, NaijaAgroNet reports.

The facility is designed to guarantee an uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen across the tertiary hospital’s intensive and emergency units.

Beyond Elu-Ulee: ADU unveils Awba-Ofemili health awareness campaign 2026, seeks community and diaspora support - NaijaAgroNet

The Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee has officially announced the launch of the Awba-Ofemili Health Awareness Campaign 2026, a community-wide initiative designed to promote preventive healthcare, disease awareness, early detection, health education, and healthy living across Awba-Ofemili, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The campaign, themed “Beyond Elu-Ulee (Buruli Ulcer): Building a Healthier Awba-Ofemili,” will be held on Thursday, 17 September 2026, at the Civic Centre, Awba-Ofemili, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Nigeria's Harvest Paradox (PART III) Seeds of change: Fixing Nigeria's broken food system by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

In Part I of this series, REMMY NWEKE in WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet, diagnosed the paradox: Nigeria grows enough food to feed its people, yet that food is too expensive for millions. In Part II, we followed the journey of that food, exposing the "invisible tax" of bad roads, broken cold chains, and highway extortion that destroys value and inflates prices.

The conclusion is inescapable: Nigeria does not have an agricultural production problem; it has a food systems failure.

Nigeria's Harvest Paradox (PART II) The Invisible Tax: How bad roads, broken chains, and extortion inflate food prices by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

In Part I of this series, we established the central paradox of Nigeria’s food economy: the nation produces enough food to feed its growing population, yet that food is increasingly unaffordable for millions. REMMY NWEKE in this edition of WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet, diagnosed the problem not as a lack of production, but as a catastrophic disconnection between the farm gate and the family table.

To understand why this disconnect exists, we must follow the food on its journey south. The problem is not that the food doesn't move; it is that the journey is so perilous, inefficient, and expensive that it fundamentally breaks the economic model of both farming and eating in Nigeria.

2027 agrifood system budget consultative forum ends in Lagos with call to adopt ₦10.5trn shadow budget - NaijaAgroNet

A three-day National Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on the 2027 AgriFood Systems Budget concluded Friday, at the Amber Residence, Ikeja, Lagos, with key actors in Nigeria's agricultural sector calling on the Federal Government to adopt a ₦10.5 trillion harmonised citizen shadow capital budget for 2027, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The meeting, held from August 5–7, 2026, was organized by ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), the GIZ Global Programme Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies (AgSys) Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning (FMBEP), the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Community of Agriculture Non-State Actors (COANSA) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the ECOWAS Commission.

Nigeria's harvest paradox (Part I): We grow food, yet cannot afford to eat well by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

Nigeria’s farms are producing, markets are active, yet healthy food remains beyond the reach of millions. Part I of the Nigeria's Harvest Paradox by REMMY NWEKE, investigates the growing disconnect between agricultural production and food affordability, exposing why rising harvests are not translating into better nutrition, stronger livelihoods, or lasting food security in the country.

Before dawn, the first trucks begin to move.
They leave the tomato fields of Kano, the rice plains of Kebbi, the yam belts of Benue, and the vegetable clusters of Ogun. Farmers harvest under fading moonlight. Labourers load baskets and sacks. Traders negotiate prices. Engines roar to life. The harvest begins its long journey across Nigeria.

Lagos hosts 2027 agrifood budget forum as stakeholders push stronger food security and agricultural investment - NaijaAgroNet

Nigeria’s drive to strengthen food security, boost agricultural productivity, and diversify the economy through agrifood investments has taken centre stage as federal and state stakeholders, development partners, civil society organisations, and agricultural experts gathered in Lagos for the 2027 Agrifood System Budget Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The three-day forum, holding from August 5–7, 2026, at Amber Residence, GRA, Ikeja, is convened by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria, marking eight years of collaboration on participatory agricultural budgeting and agrifood policy development.

SOFI 2026: Hunger not inevitable, FAO says as global food security improves - NaijaAgroNet

The world has recorded three consecutive years of progress in reducing hunger, offering renewed hope that the global food crisis could be reversed through stronger agricultural investment, social protection, and resilient food systems, reports NaijaAgroNet

Presenting the 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report in Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Director-General QU Dongyu said the latest figures demonstrate that hunger is not an unavoidable global reality, but a challenge that can be overcome through deliberate policy action and sustained investment in agriculture.

Lagos' 'Invisible Crisis': Hotsteppers Project to combat extreme heat and public health risks - NaijaAgroNet

Climate experts, urban planners, public health researchers, and international development partners have officially launched the Hotsteppers Project, a landmark three-year research and action initiative designed to mitigate the growing health risks associated with extreme heat, air pollution, and rapid urbanization across Lagos State, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The rollout followed a comprehensive three-day Climate and Health Media Workshop held at The Zone, Gbagada Expressway, Lagos. The capacity-building workshop trained journalists, podcasters, and digital content creators on evidence-based, human-centered, and solutions-oriented reporting at the intersection of climate change and public health.

Beyond awareness: How community science can defeat Buruli Ulcer by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

Awareness alone cannot defeat Buruli ulcer. Across riverine communities where this neglected tropical disease continues to inflict preventable disabilities, sustainable victory depends on translating scientific knowledge into community action. In this concluding part of the Ulee-Okpa trilogy, REMMY NWEKE examines how community science, environmental stewardship and evidence-based public health can transform the fight against Buruli ulcer.

Awareness is only the first step:
For years, health professionals have emphasised the importance of educating communities about Buruli ulcer, locally known in some parts of southeastern Nigeria as Ulee-Okpa. Posters have been printed, radio programmes aired, and awareness campaigns organised to encourage people to seek treatment early.

When myths delay treatment: Tackling misinformation to protect communities against Buruli Ulcer by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

Deep within the rural, riverine, and agrarian communities that form the agricultural backbone of West Africa, an unseen, flesh-eating predator moves without a sound. 

It begins innocently; a painless, movable nodule beneath the skin, a small plaque, or a localized swelling that is easily mistaken for a common insect bite, an ordinary boil, or a minor farm injury. Weeks later, without warning, it erupts into an open, necrotizing lesion with jagged, deeply undermined borders that aggressively eats through subcutaneous fat, deep tissue, and eventually, bone.

Beyond GH¢2.00 band-aid: Why Ghana must reimagine school feeding via Central Kitchens, PPPs by Chef Elijah Addo - NaijaAgroNet

The Government of Ghana deserves commendation for increasing the Ghana School Feeding Programme feeding grant from GH¢1.50 to GH¢2.00 per child per day. At a time when food inflation has eroded purchasing power and placed enormous pressure on caterers, this increase, alongside the removal of the tax component, signals the government’s continued commitment to protecting one of Ghana’s most important social protection programmes.

It is a positive decision.

Yet, if we are honest with ourselves, GH¢2.00 remains only a scratch on the surface of what is required to deliver nutritious, safe, and quality meals to over four million Ghanaian school children every school day . The challenge facing Ghana’s school feeding programme is no longer simply about increasing the feeding grant. It is about transforming the entire delivery model.

Experts push early detection, integrated lifestyle to reverse Nigeria’s bitter cancer harvest - NaijaAgroNet

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Despite years of intense awareness campaigns, Nigeria’s cancer burden remains a devastating public health crisis. Late detection continues to drive a high mortality rate across the nation, especially within rural and semi-urban communities where healthcare access is heavily restricted, reports NaijaAgroNet.

At a high-level advocacy event held in Lagos, medical experts and reproductive health advocates made a passionate plea to women across the country to prioritize routine clinical screenings and reject the cultural hesitations that delay medical intervention until the disease advances to irreversible stages 3 and 4.

Data Void: Institutional silencing and FOI audit of rural development pipelines by Remmy Nweke — WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

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Investigations by REMMY NWEKE - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet, uncovered how bureaucratic opacity and institutional silencing in rural development funding block progress, utilizing Freedom of Information audits to track stalled infrastructure pipelines that leave agrarian frontiers marooned without essential services.

When a crisis like the Mycobacterium ulcerans (Elu-Ulee) outbreak ravages an agrarian frontier like Awba-Ofemili, public outrage naturally targets immediate, visible failures: the absence of medical supplies or the lack of telecommunications towers. Yet, beneath these surface-level infrastructure deficits lies a deeper, more insidious administrative pathology.

Adult nutrition and development in Nigeria: Strategic overview for agricultural sector by Iruoma Ofortube - Commentary@NaijaAgroNet

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Adult nutrition, defined as the intake and utilization of nutrients necessary for health, disease prevention, and sustained productivity, is a cornerstone of Nigeria’s development agenda. 

A nutritionally balanced adult diet must provide adequate carbohydrates for energy, proteins for tissue repair, healthy fats for hormone production, essential vitamins and minerals, hydration, and dietary fiber for digestive health. 

Silent gridlock: How telecom infrastructure deficits fuel rural health crises by Remmy Nweke — WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

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REMMY NWEKE’s WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet investigation exposes how telecom infrastructure deficits in rural areas like Awba-Ofemili are a public health vector, fueling crises by causing epidemiological surveillance blind spots and impossible telemedicine access.

When the devastating outbreak of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the flesh-eating bacterium behind Buruli Ulcer, otherwise known as Elu-Ulee or Ulee-Okpa; swept quietly through the agrarian frontiers of Awba-Ofemili, the primary weapon needed to arrest its spread was not an advanced antibiotic. It was an elementary data stream.

Marno de Jong to be succeeded by Aiboni succeeds as EVP@Shell - NaijaAgroNet

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Shell has announced a historic leadership transition, naming Elohor Aiboni as the new Executive Vice President and Country Chair for Nigeria, effective August 1, 2026. Aiboni, who currently serves as Asset Director at Brunei Shell Petroleum, makes history as the first Nigerian to occupy this combined leadership position, marking a significant milestone for local content and indigenous leadership in the multinational energy sector, reports NaijaAgroNet.

Aiboni succeeds Marno de Jong, who is stepping down after a distinguished 34-year tenure with Shell, including over six years of leadership in Nigeria. Since his appointment as Senior Vice President in 2020, de Jong has been a pivotal figure in advancing Nigeria’s energy infrastructure.

Food Security Boost: $600m AFC-Dangote fertilizer Deal Set to Transform Agricultural Productivity in Africa - NaijaAgroNet

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…Dangote Targets $4bn Forex Inflow Through Urea Export Expansion

Poised at reshaping the agricultural landscape across Africa, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has finalized a $600 million loan agreement with the Dangote Group to aggressively expand fertilizer production capacity, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This strategic investment is set to bolster regional food security, increase agricultural productivity, and drastically reduce the continent’s reliance on costly fertilizer imports.